Julia Donaldson

A clever mouse uses the threat of a terrifying creature to keep from being eaten by a fox, an owl, and a snake--only to have to outwit that creature as well.

A baby frog scares the other animals.

A string of paper dolls go on a fantastical adventure through the house and out into the garden. They soon escape the clutches of the toy dinosaur and the snapping jaws of the oven-glove crocodile, but then a very real pair of scissors threatens.

When Jumbeelia, an eight-year-old giant, climbs down a beanstalk and collects some "iggly plops," the little people of children's stories, she treats them like toys, unaware that she is endangering their lives.

The Smeds (who are red) never mix with the Smoos (who are blue). So when a young Smed and Smoo fall in love, their families strongly disapprove. But peace is restored and love conquers all in this happiest of love stories. There's even a gorgeous purple baby to celebrate!

The quick brown fox club: Frisk the fox cub follows Jenny to school one day. The wrong kind of bark: Finlay the dreamer, who's always getting things wrong, brings his puppy to class, and it looks as if he's heading for big trouble.

A hairy mammoth takes a cheeky little baby on a thrilling ride through a moonlit landscape.

A kind witch and her animals pals discover that quick wits and teamwork can save a good friendship, even from a hungry dragon! (Back cover).

Stick Man ends up far away from his family tree when he is fetched by a dog, thrown by a child, used as a snowman's arm, and even put in a fireplace, but finally Santa Claus steps in to make sure that Stick Man and his family have a joyous Christmas.

A circular tale in which each new book character is reading about the next, beginning and ending with Charlie Cook.