Books in Puffin Pied Piper series

Wilma's parents don't know quite what to do when their daughter wakes up green and requests bugs for breakfast. At school, Wilma's teachers are appalled by her unusually colorful antics. Wherever Wilma goes, surprises await herand readers of this irresistibly funny fable. "Absurd and action-packed." —The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

A clever hen manages to stall a hungry wolf's plans to make a meal of her by persuading him to taste her stone soup first

Mr. Bear spends the night searching for enough peace and quiet to go to sleep.

Presents a word, with English translation, for each of the twenty-four letters in the Swahili alphabet. Brief explanation of each word introduces an East African custom.

When they are left in the woods by their parents, two children find their way home despite an encounter with a wicked witch.

A hairy, howling bully of an outer-space monster, which has been gobbling up planet after planet, is heading for Earth to get little Tommy Brown and Tommy wants nothing to do with any monster

When Hazel and her beloved doll Eleanor are set upon by bullies, Hazel's mother comes to the rescue in a surprising way.

Forced to live like her stepsisters' servant and not allowed to go to the royal ball, Cinderella turns to her fairy godmother for help.

When her can of blue paint mysteriously disappears, Belinda is determined to find out which one of the children took it

Berty enjoys the slow-rolling wheel of time on his Vermont farm and cannot understand his older brother's desire to see other parts of the world

Just how much havoc can one goose cause? Take a gander at the chaos that results when a long-necked mischief-maker flies the coop. Soon the bull's broken through the fence, and cows and horses are galloping all over town. The stampede will go on until dawn--and the laughter will last even longer. Full color.

The colorful cats of Greece and North Africa bask in the Mediterranean sun