Leonid Gore

When various forest animals discover a mysterious object in the woods, they each use it for a different purpose, until a boy reads stories aloud from it, much to the animals' delight.

When he ventures outside to experience his first snowfall, a young rabbit discovers that his world has greatly changed.

A little boy pretends that he is king of everything, commanding his army.

Not the lamb or the goat or the mule or the dove was born on the first Christmas long ago, but a special child was.

When her family moves from Chicago to the country, nine-year-old Emily is drawn to a mysterious playhouse she finds in the woods and soon meets its sad, lonely inhabitant.

Long ago in Germany, a storyteller's story and an apprentice clockwork-maker's nightmare meet in a menacing, lifelike figure created by the strange Dr. Kalmenius.

Retells, in simplified prose, William Shakespeare's play about a prince of Denmark who seeks revenge for his father's murder.

"There are four mice brothers: Rick, Mick, Vick . . . and Nick! Nick is the youngest, and while his brothers each know exactly what they want, Nick is never quite sure. But, he might be waiting for the right moment to bloom"--

When a child made of marzipan candy mysteriously comes to life her loving parents and friends shelter and protect her, but there comes a time when she must risk herself for a friend.

Explains the history and traditions that are a part of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.