Helen Ward

Ordering some spots by mail when he worries about his lack thereof, a young guinea fowl is surprised by his delivery, which contains spots of various sizes, colors, and patterns.

A retelling of Aesop's well-known fable in which a country mouse visits a town mouse and they find they prefer very different ways of life. Set in 1930s New York at Christmas.

Many different animals come to bestow their own special gifts on the newborn Christ Child.

A young girl wanders through the snow on Christmas Eve,looking for a gift for a very special someone. She happens upon a glowing toy shop, but before she can select a present, a mysterious old gentleman scoops up everything in the store.

An old man's persistent dreams transform a garbage dump into a forest full of life.

Purports to be the journal of Emily Sands during her travels in Egypt in 1926 to find the lost tomb of Osiris. Based on real Egyptology, each chapter covers a different place in Egypt. Who can resist the allure of ancient Egypt-and the thrill of uncovering mysteries that have lain hidden for thousands of years? Not the feisty Miss Emily Sands, who in 1926, four years after the discovery of King Tut's tomb, led an expedition up the Nile in search of...