Tomie De Paola

Although recent haircuts have a sheep family shivering in an untimely snowstorm, Granny saves the day with her newly-knit wool sweaters, made from their own hair.

A knight who has never fought a dragon and an equally inexperienced dragon prepare to meet each other in battle.

Strega Nona: "Never go near my cooking pot," warns old witch Strega Nona. But does Big Anthony listen? No! Joseph had a little overcoat: Joseph loves his little overcoat, but it's getting old and worn. What can he do with it now? Stone soup: When three soldiers come to town, all the townsfolk hide their foo. If the soldiers can't find any food, what will they eat? Stone soup, of course!

Relates the life and legends of Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.

Little William Everett Crocodile and his friend Pete take a class trip to a Cairo museum where they encounter a jewel thief.

When a dinosaur hatches from the egg that Little Grunt brought home for dinner, Mama and Papa Grunt let him keep it as a pet until it grows too big for their cave.

Staying behind when their circus moves on, a young clown and a troupe of baby animals put on a special Christmas Eve show for an Italian village too poor to celebrate the holiday.

A collection of folk tales, original stories, and jokes reflecting the regional humor of northern New England.

A collection of familiar nursery rhymes, including "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep," "The Three Little Kittens," and "Wee Willie Winkie."