William Pène du Bois

Every Saturday morning the Greg family goes off to shoot animals and birds. But the girl who lives next door hates hunting. Now it's made her so angry she's Put the Magic Finger on Them All. And very strange things have begun to happen...

The love story of naively sophisticated Ethel, handsome wealthy Bernard, and poor Mr. Salteena, the disappointed suitor, told in the combination of childish and adult viewpoints creates a satire of romance.

Lady Adelaide, a boxing kangaroo, helps to defeat the German army, thus becoming a heroine of the "Great War."

In an animal factory high in the clouds, winged artists invent new animals. One day, an out-of-practice artist tries to invent a lion, with mixed results.

As an English boy matures, his teddy bear remains a trusted friend, helping him through many situations over the course of sixty years.

The kangaroo and the real teddy bear are two animals who live side by side. The kangaroo is good at hopping across the land. The real teddy bear climbs well, straight up and down. The kangaroo is special, and the real teddy bear is special. This is a story about true friendship. It takes the koala bears seven years to learn to use the circus equipment they find and to put together an act.

A young reporter recounts his brief friendship with an extraordinary man who built the Squirrel Hotel and conducted the Bee Orchestra.

Professor Sherman travels the Pacific in his hot air balloon, having incredible adventures and surviving the eruption of a volcano.

A little girl reminisces about the beautiful coat she owned which, as she grew, became in turn, a jacket, vest and cap, a knapsack, and finally, a beautiful coat for her doll.

Together Lewis and his mother remember Grandpa, who used to come in the night when Lewis called.