Barry Moser

Twelve stories about animals, insects, and other subjects include "How the Whale Got His Throat, " "The Elephant's Child, " "How the Alphabet Was Made, " and "The Butterfly that Stamped."

A collection of stories, filled with suspense and horror features contributions from such authors as Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, and H.P. Lovecraft, as well as such modern masters as Stephen King and Ray Bradbury.

A humorous retelling of the classic story recounts the fatal episodes in the lives of two foolish pigs and how the third pig managed to avoid the same fate.

"I'll bet you 20,000 pounds that I can travel around the world in 80 days!" said Phileas Fogg. The time is 1872, when trains and steamships are the fastest means of travel. Across egypt and India, through Hong Kong, Japan and America he goes, encountering wonders along the way and braving many dangers. He meets a beautiful Indian princess and is pursued by a detective with a warrant for arrest...Can they keep Phileas Fogg from winning his bet?

When their mother goes off, leaving her two children with their grandparents, they feel as if their past has been erased until Grandfather finds a way to restore it to them.

An illustrated collection of stories by the well-known horror author, including "The Gold Bug, " "The Tell-tale Heart, " "The Fall of the House of Usher, " and "The Pit and the Pendulum."

A narrative poem about a celebrated baseball player who strikes out at the crucial moment of a game.

The adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century. It's a lazy Mississippi River town, a place where a boy can learn magical cures for warts, turn a fence-painting job into a leisurely con game, get lost in a cave, escape to an island, or attend his own funeral. It's a time when hooky is punished with a simple swatting and pockets bulge with firecrackers and dead rats; a time...

When the puppy Floyd joins the family, Eliza and Isabelle see how Rosie the family dog reacts, and learn what it is like having and being a younger sibling.

An illustrated collection of twenty-five myths from various parts of the world explaining the creation of the world.