Marjorie Priceman

A collection of brief stories including such titles as "The Hippopotamus' Car," "The Melting Icecream Cone," and "The Black Crayon."

Purports to be the journal of a cat recounting all nine of the lives she has lived and her remarkable effect on history, beginning in Mesopotamia in 3000 B.C. and culminating in Wisconsin in 1995. Includes brief historical notes about each period.

When little Cousin Ruth loses a tooth, the whole Fister family is in a dither.

Rachel Fister's blister sends adults scurrying for a cure, but nothing seems to help until they appeal to the Queen for advice.

"A collection of poems written in the form of recipes"--

When Carrie is disappointed not to make the school soccer team, she turns her attention to creating a science fair project.

A collection of humorous poems by a variety of authors including John Ciardi, X.J. Kennedy, Eve Merriam, and William Jay Smith.

Serefina's imagination makes her destined for greatness, according to her grandmother, but sometimes it leads her into trouble as well.

As the zookeeper makes his nightly rounds, he has no idea that Gorilla is letting all the animals out of their cages. A thoughtful little bear decides to get the moon a birthday present, so he climbs a mountain to ask the moon what it wants. Granny and all the critters in her house pile on her bed for a nap, until a little flea has a big surprise. An old couple pines to have children, so the moon presents them with twelve tiny babies. A lonesome trombone...

Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin: A lone trombone playing solo is joined by a trumpet in a duet until a French horn makes it a trio, and so on, as ten instruments, one by one, gather together for a joyous musical performance. Musical Max: When the neighbors start complaining, Max a hippo, stops practicing his trombone, bass, xylophone, flute, harmonica, cymbals and synthesizer, until everyone starts to miss the noise. Patrick: The countryside comes alive...