Books published by publisher Farrar Strauss Gireax

Seventy-nine entries set forth the lineage and describe the habitats, appearances, and deeds of fairies, leprechauns, elves, and other tiny imaginary creatures of folklore

Zany black-and-white drawings complement a selection of palindromes, words or sentences that read the same forward and backward. All ages.

Aware of her older sister's powers of sorcery, which have been used to help secure the Scottish throne for Robert de Brus, Meg realizes she must try to protect the young Norwegian princess who has been chosen as rightful heir.

Ten secret hieroglyphic messages are hidden throughout the story of Hamut's and Nekatur's adventures in ancient Egypt, and readers who send in correct translations for all ten receive a free Roy Gerrard paperback in honor of National Children's Book Week.

Describes an encounter in the desert when the animals came to a caravan campfire and danced with a child because fear was absent.

Set in an isolated, rundown community in the Peruvian Andes, a part mystery, part political allegory follows a series of disappearances that involve the Shining Path guerrillas and a local couple who performs Dionysian sacrifices.

When Sammy Davis, Jr. published his autobiography in 1965, it was an immediate long-running bestseller as well as a revelation. Yes I Can describes Sammy Davis's personal conviction, the view of success that both propelled him to stardom from ghetto obscurity and served as his armor against racism.

Unable to stand his overcrowded and noisy home any longer, a poor man goes to the Rabbi for advice.

Disappointed that she didn't get a bicycle for her birthday, five-year-old Lotta, confident that she knows how to ride, decides to take matters into her own hands and borrow the neighbor's bicycle.

A fictionalized biography of the Italian violin maker whose instruments, unappreciated in his lifetime, were deemed among the greatest many years after his death.

Relates in rhyme the life of an English Army major, born in 1851, and his wife.

The son of a flamboyant Jewish clan recounts his family's move to turn-of-the-century Alexandria, its many colorful members, its pursuit of wealth and happiness, and its struggles with anti-Semitic and anti-Western nationalism