De la Mare, Walter

A kind but poor farmer gains a fortune and his rich brother's envy when he grows an enormous turnip.

A poor woodcutter's youngest daughter outwits a giant and wins royal husbands for herself and her sisters.

Features a collection of more than 150 poems by Walter de la Mare, written in the early twentieth century.

A fictional memoir in which Miss M., a little person, is orphaned, falls in love with an averaged-sized woman, is courted by a little man, becomes a star among London society but comes to realize she has become an amusement, and, seeking money for her independence, allows herself to become a circus attraction.

Describes something very small, very brave, very bad, and very lovable.