Janet Stevens

A retelling of how the Manx cat lost its tail in the door of Noah's ark.

A jackrabbit who wishes to be feared asks his fairy godrabbit for horns and becomes the first jackalope, but there's one condition: he must not tell lies.

Illustrator Janet Stevens introduces the processes involved in making a book, from manuscript to finished book.

When Dish and Spoon run away, their nursery rhyme friends Cat, Cow, and Dog set out to rescue them in time for the next evening's reading of their rhyme.

Dogs across the United States write to Mr. Mutt, a people expert, for help with their humans.

Jack Rabbit tricks the other animals into helping him make a pot of tumbleweed stew.

A clever spider tricks Elephant and some other animals into thinking the melon in which he is hiding can talk.

In this variation on the folktale, Sody Salyraytus, each of Epossumondas's birthday guests disappears until it is finally up to him to rescue them all and bring home the "sody" for his birthday biscuits.

Forgetting his mother's warnings, Epossumondas goes into the swamp alone then must pretend to be dead time and again as he hears frightening sounds and fears they are being made by the dreaded loup garou.

When a young child takes her favorite toy along to the park, the market, the lake, and for a car ride, she mistakenly leaves him behind.