Includes index.

A Note to Parents -- Amos & Boris / William Steig -- The Magic Finger / by Roald Dahl, illustrated by Quentin Blake -- The Piggy in the Puddle / by Charlotte Pomerantz, illustrated by James Marshall -- The Tenth Good Thing About Barney / by Judith Viorst, illustrated by Erik Blegvad -- Horton Hatches the Egg / by Dr. Seuss -- The Shrinking of Treehorn / by Florence Parry Heide, illustrated by Edward Gorey -- Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys / by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard, illustrated by E.B. Lewis -- "Mrs. Gorf" from Sideways Stories from Wayside Schoold / by Louis Sachar -- The Araboolies of Liberty Street / by Sam Swope, illustrated by Barry Root -- No One Is Going to Nashville / by Mavis Jukes, illustrated by Lloyd Bloom -- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs / by Judi Barrett, illustrated by Ron Barrett -- Wilma Unlimited / by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by David Diaz -- Catwings / by Ursula K. Le Guin, illustrated by S. D. Schindler -- Flat Stanley / by Jeff Brown, illustrated by Tomi Ungerer -- Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain / by Edward Ardizzone -- Freckle Juice / by Judy Blume, illustrated by Sonia O. Lisker -- "Mitzi Takes a Taxi" from Tell Me a Mitzi / by Lore Segal, illustrated by Harriet Pincus -- "Don't Cut the Lawn!" from The Girl with the Green Ear / by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by Shirley Hughes -- Ellen's Lion / by Crockett Johnson -- The Bears on Hemlock Mountain / by Alice Dalgliesh, illustrated by Helen Sewell -- The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs / by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith -- No Kiss for Mother / by Tomi Ungerer -- The Practical Princess / by Jay Williams, illustrated by Friso Henstra -- The Tomten / by Astrid Lindgren, illustrated by Harald Wiberg -- Blue Moose / by Daniel Manus Pinkwater -- Pierre / by Maurice Sendak -- Index of Titles, Authors, and Illustrators.