Natalie Babbitt

When the brig Amaryllis was swallowed in a hurricane, the captain and all the crew were swallowed too. For thirty years, the captain's widow, Geneva Reade, has waited, certain that her husband will send her a message from the bottom of the sea. But someone else is waiting too, and watching her, a man called Seward. Into this haunted situation comes Jenny, the widow's granddaughter. The three of them are drawn into a kind of deadly game with one...

Everyone else in the village is afraid of the creature who supposedly dwells at the top of Kneeknock Rise but young Egan investigates for himself.

Culled from the last four decades, an inspirational collection of wisdom from a beloved storyteller explores what it was like to be a "little dog" in the literary world, continually being forced to justify her choice to write children's books.

Joe Casimir needs help with the choice he has to make. Mr. Boulderwall, the millionaire, knows exactly what he wants Joe to choose. And millionaires are experts at making choices. Well, aren't they?

Ten stories recount the Devil's exploits, successes and failures, in Hell and in the world above.

Young Winnie Foster, stifled by the formality of her proper life and her domineering mother, escapes into the woods only to get lost. Her magical summer begins when she meets Jesse Tuck. Jesse is full of life and adventure and Winnie falls in love. The Tuck family has a powerful secret-- a spring that holds the magic of everlasting life. Now Winnie must choose whether she wants to live life as she knows it or drink from the spring.

Describes in verse common objects in a child's life, such as a porch, chair, dog, pie, and grass.