Published in 1808, this volume follows in the footsteps of Lamb's 1807 Tales from Shakespeare, which adapted Shakespeare's plays for young readers. Here Lamb turns to Homer's Odyssey, with equally delightful results. While younger audiences will respond to Lamb's storytelling skills, adults will appreciate his graceful, lyrical prose.

A little girl cautioned never to go into the jungle, wanders in deeper and deeper while searching for flowers --and is suddenly confronted by the gunniwolf.

Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text follow a flock of chickens that gets loose and runs rampant through a city, causing mischief and mayhem. Includes information about keeping chickens in an urban environment.

In this narrative verse a frontiersman relates his love of pioneer life that drove him westward just ahead of the fences that closed off the land.

Contains four stories in which George the monkey's curiousity gets the best of him at the movie theater, on his first day of school, when out riding his new bicycle, and while learning the alphabet.

Hans Christian Andersen Award winner David Almond conjures the imaginative bond between a father and son as they pool their resources to defeat gravity and realize a dream.Joe is starstruck, determined to find his way up, up, up to the magical lights in the night sky. "In your dreams!" his pals say. But when Joe and his dad put their heads and hearts together, there's no stopping them. Together they climb ladders, construct towers, and launch rockets...

This STEM-oriented picture book biography pays tribute to the American civil engineer responsible for designing and constructing Grand Central Terminal, following William J. Wilgus as he creates the underground train station that would become an iconic NY landmark.