Jan Ormerod

As payment for retrieving the princess's ball, the frog exacts a promise which the princess is reluctant to fulfill.

In these two fables, one lion learns that even a tiny mouse can be a helpful friend, while another pays the price for annoying a clever hare.

With the help of his classmates, an elephant has a good first day of school.

Meet Maudie, a plucky young girl, and her friend Bear, a gentle giant with a heart of gold. In The Bike Ride Maudie's endless planning is as tiring as the bike ride itself.

In Aesop's the lion and the mouse, Lion spares the life of little Mouse, never thinking for a moment that the mouse might return the favor. In the Malaysian fable the hare's revenge, Hare finds a way to outsmart Lion and his bullying ways.

A little girl counts all the ways she, Mom, and Dad care for and play with baby from day to day.

Molly's father lives so far away that she makes up stories about him to tell at school, but when he comes to visit she discovers that they have a lot in common.

Five stories about a playful, sometimes bossy, little girl and her dependable bear friend.

A little boy decides to skip his very first day of school, because on the first day one doesn't know anything, but on the second, one knows everything.

The adventures of the three Darling children in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. "All children, except one, grow up." And so begins the story of one of the most beloved characters in children's literature, Peter Pan. J.M. Barrie's classic tale, completely unabridged, features a boy who refuses to grow up, Tinker Bell the fairy, and the Darling children -- Wendy, John, and Michael. Their great adventure begins on the...