Trina Schart Hyman

"Hank Morgan awakens one morning to find he has been transported from nineteenth-century New England to sixth-century England and the reign of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Morgan brings to King Arthur's utopian court the ingenuity of the future, resulting in a culture clash that is at once satiric, anarchic, and darkly comic." --

A gift of a toy castle, complete with silver knight, introduces William to an adventure involving magic and a personal quest. --

A collection of twelve poems describing the activities in a child's life and the changes in the weather as the year moves from January to December.

"A band of frightful goblins has taken over the synagogue, and the villagers cannot celebrate at all! Hershel vows to help them. Using his wits, the clever trickster faces down one goblin after the next, night after night. But can one man alone save Hanukkah and live to tell the tale?" --

Retells the tale of the beautiful princess whose lips were red as blood, skin was white as snow, and hair was black as ebony.

A collection of winter poems ranging from late fall to early spring, by such authors as Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, and Wallace Stevens.

A carpenter in the West African country of Cameroon goes to a fortune teller and finds the predictions about his future coming true in an unusual way.

A retelling of the Arthurian legend of how Sir Gareth becomes aknight and rescues the lady imprisoned by the fearsome Red Knight of the Red Plain.

Presents a brief biography of Samuel Adams, describing his role in stirring up the revolt against the British, and telling how he was finally persuaded to learn to ride a horse.

A retelling of four Arthurian legends, "The Sword in the Stone," "Excalibur," "The Lady of the Lake," and "The Last Great Battle," which feature Merlin, King Arthur, and other familiar figures. In this collection of three exciting Arthurian tales, Merlin the magician watches over young Arthur as he rises to become king of all England. But enemies threaten Arthur: Morgan le Fay, the witch, and Mordred, the traitor, plot to bring about the king's destruction....