“Why can’t I put cookies in this cookie jar?” Keesha’s mother asked.
“Because of the goblin,” said the storekeeper. “He’s asleep now, but if you put cookies in his cookie jar, you’ll wake him – and then you’ll never get another moment’s peace.”
When it comes to pets, a goldfish isn’t much better than a houseplant. At least that’s what Gryphon thought at first – until he put his new goldfish on his bedside table and tried to go to sleep!
Tristan’s sister and brother are bigger, stronger and faster than he is. But sometimes it’s good to be small – even for a giant!
Of all the girls in the kingdom of Once-Upon-a-Time, Rivka is the bravest! But what will happen when she meets the King of the Trolls?
Someone has stolen the King’s plum pudding!
The King and his companions followed the trail of crumbs, out of the castle and across the countryside. As they went, more people joined the procession. Mile after mile they marched – until they spied a mountain in the distance . . .
Great Aunt Ruby had a very unusual suitcase. Quinn put her hands on one latch, and Sam put his hand on the other . . . and then – with a snap and a squeal, with a squeak and a sproing, with a shiver and a shimmy and a shake – that suitcase began to unfold itself!
It’s hard work scrubbing the sky – washing away all the dust, and grime, and soot, and smoke. But Jeremiah and his three uncles weren’t afraid of hard work! They started in the east and worked their way west, singing as they went: “Rub a dub-dub, it’s time for a scrub.”
“Trees can’t walk,” the big trees told the little maple. “It’s impossible!”
But the little maple was absolutely determined to see the world beyond the forest. And if that meant pulling its roots from the ground and becoming the very first tree to walk – well, so be it.
Thorin Thistlebottom had everything an elf could want: a little house in the roots of an oak tree, a soft little bed, even a set of dishes made from acorn caps. But more than anything, Thorin loved his fancy waistcoat, with buttons in every colour of the rainbow.