Gumbrella loves nursing sick animals back to health, but she hates letting them go.

On a dark and stormy night one object after another joins in making eerie noises in the old house.

Potatoes set off across the darkened fair grounds to enjoy the rides, but Hackemup the chef has other plans for them.

After he is abandoned on River Road, Nobody's Dog uses his persistence to find a home.

A child whose grandfather was an astronaut always asks Grandpa for a bedtime story in which the two of them blast off for the moon together.

"One hundred years ago, many hands raised a red-cedar barn. Now the barn stands tall, smelling of freshly cut hay and dusty horses. As the animals wake and wander through its weathered doors, the barn watches the day unfold. Chickens peck, cows shoo flies with swishing tails, swallows fly in and out, and a cat crouches in the grass to hunt for dinner. When peepers start their evening song and the animals settle in their bedding again--the horses in...

One cold, spring morning, an ordinary grocery bag begins blowing around a landfill, then as it travels down a road, through a stream, and into a town, it is used in various ways by different people, many of whom do not even notice it.

All Henry wants is a cat, and when the mountain fairy finally grants his wish she grants a wish of her own at the same time.

A young girl has fun whether she spends Saturday night with one of her inventive babysitters or with her parents when they stay home from their country dancing.

When Father is stationed with the military in Japan, he sends his two children an intriguing wooden box at Christmastime.