Presents a variety of facts about popcorn and includes two recipes.

Big Anthony disguises himself as a girl in order to take magic lessons from Strega Nona.

Introduces the ten most common types of clouds, the myths that have been inspired by their shapes, and what they can tell about coming weather changes.

Having learned to be creative in drawing pictures at home, young Tommy is dismayed when he goes to school and finds the art lesson there much more regimented.

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

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

Bill the crocodile and his toothbrush, Pete the plover, set out to save Bill's cousin, who has been captured along with other endangered animals and taken from Egypt to the Bad Guy's Big Bad Brother's Exotic Animal Farm near New Orleans, Louisiana.

"Young Jack meets a host of animals on his way to ask the king for a house"--

Four-year-old Tommy enjoys his relationship with both his grandmother and great-grandmother, but eventually learns to face their inevitable death.