David Small

Hoover's house is overrun with dust until he marries a vacuum cleaner, but he soon discovers that humans and appliances are not meant to wed.

Tongue-tied Ruby Mae Foote fulfills her dream of speaking for world peace at the United Nations when her nephew Billy Bob invents a device to solve her speech problem.

Joe Weatherfield believes that when his grandfather shot a German boy in France during World War I, the incident set off a series of tragedies that will affect three generations. Joe tells how he comes to terms with his fate.

The tale of Earl Dimes' awakening to the emptiness of forty years of an emotionally guarded existence and manage to come to terms with his losses and remarke his life.

Chaos erupts when Moe and Shirley invite some visitors from outer space to stay for dinner with the relatives.

Glamourpuss loves being the center of attention. So when an unwelcome guest (a dog, no less!) steals the spotlight with some tasteless bow-wowing and undignified tail-wagging, Glamourpuss worries that she's going to fall out of fashion. Is there room for only one superstar in this mansion? When Glamourpuss makes her most majestic move to find out, the result is pure purrfection.

Marshall refuses to believe that gingerbread men can run, even after a series of clues leads his class on a riddle-filled gingerbread cookie hunt.

After inviting two spacemen to stay for dinner, Shirley and Moe are asked to return with them to their planet Nextoo to cater their sister's rather large wedding. --

Senator Edward M. Kennedy's dog, Champion Amigo's Seventh Wave, or Splash, introduces readers to Washington, D.C., as he follows the senator around for a day.

A young Amish girl tells her "silent friend," her diary, about all the wonderous experiences she has on her first trip to the city.