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The adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century. Who could forget the pranks, the adventures, the sheer fun of Tom Sawyer? It's something every child should experience and every child will love. From Tom's sly trickery with the whitewashed fence, when he cleverly manipulates everyone so they happily do his work for him, to his and Becky Thatcher's calamities in Bat Cave, the...

A horse of nineteenth century England tells his life story from his early home through many masters and experiences, both good and bad.

Veering from the convivial, scene-centered graphic interpretation often associated with this classic, Würbs offers a sparer take, narrowing each scene to softly focused images that are more suggestive than representational. The poem's opening lines are accompanied by an image of a lone candle burning in a brass candleholder, and the sleigh's rooftop landing shows two shadowy reindeer heads emerging from behind a foregrounded stone chimney. Santa's...

One night, a puppy, who is always late coming home, finds there is no dessert for him.

Little Monster describes his day in school.

The new baby takes some getting used to, but she's worth it.

Mandy helps her mother count their items in the supermarket, where they can get in the express lane with no more than ten items.