Mayer, Marianna

The classic medieval legend of the unicorn serves as a motif for the alphabet.

The evil giant Thiassi vows to capture Iduna and her magic apples which give the gods on Valhalla everlasting life.

A simplified retelling of the Mark Twain classic in which young Edward VI of England and a poor boy who resembles him exchange places and each learns something about the other's very different station in life.

A dishwashing hippopotamus practices pastry making in the palace kitchen each night while the rest of the world sleeps. Then one night the king discovers one of his delicious cream puffs. Confusion and justice follow.

Tells the story of St. Nicholas, the fourth-century bishop who inspired the legend of Santa Claus, and includes reproductions of masterpiece paintings depicting him.

The Brambleberry family of animals introduce young readers to big and small circles, squares, triangles, and ovals.

The Brambleberry Pandas encounter the colors white, blue, red, black, green, yellow, orange, brown, gray, purple, and pink as they cavort through their day.

The classic medieval legend of the unicorn serves as a motif for the alphabet.

A boy visualizes all the incredible things his flying machine will be able to do when he finishes building it in the barn.

The adventures of a talking wooden marionette whose nose grew whenever he told a lie.