The crippled son of a powerful nobleman in fourteenth-century England sets out to prove his courage and his right to be recognized by the King.

Nine-year-old Hannah, a Quaker living in Philadelphia just before the Civil War, longs to have some fashionable dresses like other girls but comes to appreciate her heritage and its plain dressing when her family saves the life of a runaway slave.

An illustrated collection of favorite Mother Goose rhymes and clapping games.

The story occurs in the tenth century, with two Viking twins shipwrecked on the Scottish coast. They seek to avenge the death of their father and encounter loyal clansmen at war, kindly shepherds, power-hungry lairds and staunch crofters.

A little boy, who wants most of all to own a pair of copper-toedboots and a dog, works hard to earn his boots and finds a dog too.

A little French-Canadian girl who lives on the Gasp_e coast meets a tourist lady who takes her to see the famous peninsula rocks, goes hunting for rabbits, and learns to weave in time for Christmas.