In Depression-era Philadelphia, when eleven-year-old David is too ill to attend school, he is tutored by the unique and adventurous Aunt Annie, whose teaching combines with his imagination to greatly enrich his life.

After paying a silver penny to encourage a magician to perform in the town square, a carpenter's helper is conjured to a strange place where the people call him King of Abadan.

Unhappy over what he considers his bad luck, Tooley ignores his cat's warnings and invites a greedy little man into his home in the mistaken hope of improving his fortunes.

When he loses his place as fourth fiddler in a noble household, Sebastian sets out into the world to seek his fortune.

Mickle, once a common street urchin, now rules Westmark as the wise Queen Agusta. Yet the kingdom is strangely restless. Ghosts of the past lurk everwhere, whispering of future war. Justin and his revolutionaries denounces the monarchy -- even the benevolent Mickle. Cabbarus, banished from Westmark, plots to seize the throne and install a Reign of Terror. The past has returned to haunt the present, and Theo, once again, must join in the struggle....

A carpenter in the West African country of Cameroon goes to a fortune teller and finds the predictions about his future coming true in an unusual way.

In a race against the evil Horned Toad, Taran must be the first to find the Black Cauldron, which the Horned Toad could use to destroy the world.

Presents award-winning science fiction and fantasy stories, including a comic-book-style adaptation of a traditional ballad, all by authors connected with Firebird Books including Lloyd Alexander, Meredith Ann Pierce, Emma Bull, and thirteen others.

A collection of short stories with a Halloween theme, designed to be read aloud, written by Newbery Award-winning authors.

In the land of Prydain, a young boy named Taran dreams of a future as an invincible warrior, but when the magical oracular pig Hen Wen is kidnapped by the evil Horned King, he must embark on a real-life quest to find the black cauldron lest the evil Horned King unleash its power and take over the world.