Professor Sherman, after retiring, sets out alone across the Pacific and instead drifts to Krakatoa, where he discovers a secret society of great wealth and a world of wildly imaginative inventions.

A balloon journey becomes the doorway to a strange paradise hidden on the far side of the world.

Johnny Longfoot, the shoemaker's son, leaves home for his miserly uncle's estate and is soon drawn into a folktale-like quest for the seven-league boots. Along the way he meets cats, dogs, a bear, and sea creatures, and keeps moving forward by relying on wit, courtesy, and generosity.

Armed with shoemaking skill and quick thinking, Johnny sets out with a strange and delightful company of companions on a journey across the sea.

Set in postwar Paris, the story follows Charles as he tries to make crepes for his family using a box of pancake flour whose instructions are printed in English. In a city still marked by shortages, a small act of kindness grows into a warm celebration around the family table.

A box of pancake flour brings a small miracle, and a family’s smiles, to a boy in postwar Paris.

A collection of West African folktales compiled by Harold Courlander and George Herzog, featuring animals, kings, hunters, and tricksters in stories that capture the wit and vitality of oral tradition.

Seventeen stories from the forests, seacoasts, hills, and plains come together in a single vivid volume.

A seaside adventure about the wild ponies of Chincoteague Island and the family who longs to keep them close. Through the events surrounding Phantom and her colt Misty, the novel gently brings out the power of nature and the desire to keep freedom intact.

The ponies shaped by sea and wind rise to the center of the story alongside the children's hopes.

Set in a Chinese village, the novel follows Li Lun, a boy afraid of the sea, as he is sent to the mountains and learns courage through hardship, solitude, and perseverance.

Even a fearful heart can change through hardship and resolve.