In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.

How can an old man and his wife select one cat from a choice of millions and trillions?

Follows a little bunny as it scampers through the alphabet.

Kate's father sends her to stay with her relatives in the countryside of Hungary where she has many adventures with her cousin, Jancsi, including horseback races, fun at the fair and encounters with gypsies.

The adventures of two young girls--Melisande and Celeste--at the Hotel du Panier d'Or: the Golden Basket.

Pecos Bill is a gentleman at heart, and directs his course by common-sense, homely virtues of the Frontier. He represents the best and most characteristic broad humor of America.

The story of a young boy growing up on a farm in the Italian countryside.

The story of seventeen-year-old Bill Crawford, his adventures and the dangers he faces as he journeys on foot from New Hampshire into the Ohio country during the pioneer days of 1837.

A little girl, who wants most of all to have a real home and to go to a regular school, hopes that the valley her family has come to, which so resembles the pattern on her treasured blue willow plate, will be their permanent home.