A fairy tale by prolific Japanese author, Kyuusaku Yumeno (originally released under the pen name Midori Kagatsuchi). First published in Japanese in 1925 and now translated into English. Originally written for children, but enjoyable for all ages, young and old.In a certain country, there lived a girl known as Chatty Princess, the only king and queen's only child. This princess loved to chat and she filled her days chattering from dawn to dusk about any little thing to anyone she c...

A short story by Nankichi Niimi, an author sometimes referred to as the Hans Christian Andersen of Japan. First published in Japanese in 1943 and now translated into English. Originally written for children, but enjoyable for all ages, young and old.One night, a group of children travel from their home village to a festival in the next town over, but one boy struggles with the trip because of his oversized geta sandals. As he acquires a new pair, a strange old woman gives the group...

A short, supernatural tale set in Taisho era Japan, first published in Japan in 1953 and now translated into English.As a young boy, the author moves with his family into a new house in Tokyo's Akasaka district, surrounded by spacious gardens and dominated by a large well set into the wall of the kitchen. For the low price paid the property seems too good to be true, but are the new occupants as alone as they think in their outwardly refined new home...?

The momentous first volume of "NASH!", a 4-panel gag manga which illustrates the computer-based club activities and everyday lives of a group of high school girls who belong to the "Electronic Research Information Club".In this volume: "It's the day before the school festival and the EIRC girls realise that, frankly, their exhibition isn't even slightly ready! How is it the club members' fate to get plunged into a crunch time death march?!" That's the feeling in the clubroom......

Discover a bleak, alternative Cold War history in "Long May Our Crimson Flag Inspire"! Join little Alice as she struggles to cope with terrible, mysterious noises in her bedroom when she should be asleep in "A Noise at Night"! Experience true despair as you sit down for lunch in the dreadful, eponymous eatery in "Eat 4 Lunch"! Find out what it's really like to live with psychic powers in "Psychonought"! And finally, remember to attend your local church for Christmas in "The Midnight Servic...

New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman’s modern classic, Coraline—also an Academy Award-nominated film"Coraline discovered the door a little while after they moved into the house...."When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous.But there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be ...

The seventh book in the Tashi series of daring adventures and tall tales about magic, courage and the triumph of brains over brawn. Created by the much loved, multi-award winning author/illustrator team of Anna and Barbara Fienberg and Kim Gamble.'The giant just lifted the roof off, scooped up a pig and gobbled it down.'Chintu the giant's Only Brother will eat everything in the village unless Tashi can stop him and things go terribly wrong when a s...

From the World's No. 1 Storyteller, James and the Giant Peach is a children's classic that has captured young reader's imaginations for generations.One of TIME MAGAZINE’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All TimeAfter James Henry Trotter's parents are tragically eaten by a rhinoceros, he goes to live with his two horrible aunts, Spiker and Sponge. Life there is no fun, until James accidentally drops some magic crystals by the old peach tr...

The third book in the Tashi series of daring adventures and tall tales about magic, courage and the triumph of brains over brawn. Created by the much loved, multi-award winning author/illustrator team of Anna and Barbara Fienberg and Kim Gamble.'Tashi could hardly breathe as more and more ghosts crowded around him.'No one in the village is as brave as Tashi.only he could scare the ghost monsters out of the forest, and only someone as bold as Tashi ...

The twelfth book in the Tashi series of daring adventures and tall tales about magic, courage and the triumph of brains over brawn. Created by the much loved, multi-award winning author/illustrator team of Anna and Barbara Fienberg and Kim Gamble.'We arrived at the tower at the top of the castle. The door was locked. We can't go into that room, said Ho Hum. Not ever.'Tashi tells Jack about his scariest adventure ever, when the mysterious stranger B...

Frog and Toad enjoy spending their days together. They fly kites, celebrate Toad's birthday, and share the shivers when Frog tells a scary story. Most of all, they have fun together—every day of the year.Days with Frog and Toad is a Level Two I Can Read book, geared for kids who read on their own but still need a little help. Whether shared at home or in a classroom, the engaging stories, longer sentences, and language play of Level Two books are proven to...

The Adventures of Hope is a story about a dog and her love for her family. Hope is a very fierce and loyal dog who has taken it upon herself to be the protector of the children as they venture into the world full of unforeseen dangers; Hope is there to protect them and keep them safe, at all costs.