"Burrow into the unseen world of the wombat and play with words in this creative romp"--

In rhyming text a boy makes underpants for all his friends, from ants to dragons to piggy banks--before concluding that if they don not need underpants then neither does he.

"When an unexpected package containing an accordion arrives, Eugenia Lincoln tries to get rid of the instrument by selling it, destroying it, and giving it away, but nothing works"--

"When four brothers and sisters discover a Psammead, or sand-fairy, in the gravel pit near the country house where they are staying, they have no way of knowing all the adventures its wish-granting will bring them." --

Hank the Cowdog is supervising Little Alfred's fishing trip, but what started as a routine expedition turns into a crisis when a fishhook finds its way into Hank's stomach.

Henry and Ali tell their teacher a wild outer space tale to explain why they do not have their homework on the solar system.

This collection of short writings is remarkable for its variety--both in terms of length and style. This might be attributed to Twain experimenting with form as growth, of moving from the brevity of his often humorous journalism toward themes that could sustain more lengthly treatment. This book has speeches, short stories, poems, hoaxes, satires, fables, travelogues, burlesques, first and third person narratives, and biographical and autobiographical...

An American in Ireland encounters mystery, romance—and an extremely disruptive pig: “Very funny . . . a payoff that is as unexpected as it is satisfying” (Publishers Weekly).
Possibly the most obstreperous character in literature since Buck Mulligan in James Joyce’s Ulysses, Mr. Caldwell’s pig distracts everyone from his or her chosen mission. Aaron McCloud has come to Ireland

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A collection of writings by Douglas Adams, creator of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," including short stories, speeches, articles, interviews, letters, and the unfinished novel "The Salmon of Doubt."

"Shrek, a horrid little ogre, goes out into the world to find adventure and along the way encounters a witch, a knight in armor, a dragon, and, finally, a hideous princess, who's even uglier than he is!"--