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A collection of ghost stories with African-American themes, designed to be told during the Dark Thirty--the half hour before sunset--when ghosts seem all too believable.

A year after her father has left home for good, fifth-grader DeDe helps her mother cope with the realities of life after divorce.

In 1947, a Chinese child comes to Brooklyn where she becomes Americanized at school, in her apartment building, and by her love for baseball.

Three easy-to-read scary stories about a talking doll, a dog picture that barks, and a Halloween monster.

Despite pleas from his court, a fun-loving king refuses to get out of his bathtub to rule his kingdom subjects: Caldecott Medal Books , Queens Kings Rulers, Etc - Fiction , 1986 Caldecott Honor Book , American Children's stories , Childrens Literature , Baths , Fiction , Kings and rulers , Big books , Humorous-Fiction , Kings - Childrens Literature , Baths - Fiction , Funny Stories , Accelerated Reader , Literary devices , Irony , Bathtubs , Children's films , West Indies , Poetic justice.

During a summer in an abandoned mining town, Katie's relationship with a rebellious stepbrother improves as they probe the past to find out why there seem to be ghosts, literally, beneath their feet.

When calamity stalks every step of the preparations for the Tappletons' Thanksgiving dinner, they realize that there is more to Thanksgiving than turkey and trimmings.

Discusses the life and works of the woman whose many moves with her family in her childhood provided the material to create her famous "Little House" books.

A collection of nine scary stories about a woman who is turned into a dog, a joke that makes people disappear, and other unusual situations.

A collection of thirteen stories, featuring animal characters and lessons about life.

Thirteen short stories, by such authors as Nancy Varian Berberick, Gregory Maguire, and Margaret Bechard, about unicorns in both mythical and contemporary settings.

DeWayne's friend is acting creepy, and DeWayne needs to get away-fast.

Contains three easy-to-read stories that reveal the close friendship between Dog and Bear.

Arthur, tired of being the only one in his class who still has all his baby teeth, waits impatiently for his loose tooth to fall out.