Wednesday, a whale living in captivity, is inspired by a little girl named Piper to try to reach the sea.

Young Cedric is quite happy living with his widowed mother in New York and visiting with his best friend. The Cedric learns that he is Lord Fauntleroy and will one day become an Earl. But in order to claim his title, he will have to leave behind everything he knows to live with his hard-hearted grandfather in England. Can Cedric win over his grandfather? And is he the real Lord Fauntleroy?

Presents a study guide to Mary Pope Osborne's "Favorite Greek Myths," for students in grades six through nine, featuring sessions that correspond to different sections of the book, each with a synopsis, comprehension quizzes, and a preview of coming pages.

An illustrated collection of forty-one fairy tales by Andersen, including "The Mermaid," "The Red Shoes," and "The Swineherd."

Tells the story of Goliath, a fire horse assigned to Engine Company 15, whose steadfastness led him to become a hero during the 1904 fire in Baltimore, Maryland.

Retells a part of the Odyssey in which Odysseus is more desperate than ever to return home. His wife Penelope, and their son Telemachus, are warding off the men who want to marry her. Then a mysterious stranger gives Telemachus the courage to confront the suitors and to search for his father.

A collection of rarely retold tales from the "Elder Edda" and the "Younger Edda," two medieval Norse manuscripts.

Presents an excerpt from Homer's Odyssey where Odysseus returns to Ithaca and finds that he must fight to regain control from those who are plaguing his family.

Daniel, a Midwestern farm boy, finds a battered dog in a ditch and nurses it back to health, but is disappointed when the dog doesn't immediately respond to his gestures of affection.

A tale inspired by a medieval ballad in which a rich brother and a poor brother find a beautiful maiden on the moor on a cold winter night.