Fearing at first that her family is going on vacation without her, Nini the cat ends up traveling with her owners to their new home.

More than twenty years ago, Anita Lobel published her childhood memoir, “No Pretty Pictures”, to much acclaim. A child's tale of surviving Hitler's Poland, a rescue by the Swedish Red Cross in 1945, and ending with school years in Stockholm, that book was written in a young girl's voice. “No Pretty Pictures” was nominated for the National Book Award, received gratifying reviews, and sold extremely well. Now, these many years later, she has...

Rapunzel: A beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a tower by a sorceress. The elves and the shoemaker: A poor shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night. The talking eggs: A young girl befriends an elderly woman and magical things begin to happen, not the least of which is the surprise of some talking eggs. The three billy goats Gruff: Three billy goats trick a troll who lives...