children's stories, american

Presents a collection of ghost stories by such authors as Mary Downing Hahn, Joyce Hansen, and Walter Dean Myers. Includes information about the authors and their writings.

A retelling of five classic folk/fairy tales, including Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Paul Bunyan, John Henry, and Jack and the Beanstalk, from a contemporary perspective.

A collection of eleven short stories focusing on the everyday adventures of Hispanic young people growing up in Fresno, California.

Presents short stories and excerpts from novels by American and Soviet writers.

Presents ten stories of teenagers facing all of the usual challenges of school, parents, boyfriends and girlfriends, plus the additional complications that come with having a physical or psychological disability.

An anthology of ten humorous short stories about life in school, written by well-known authors of children's books.

Ten stories by such notable authors as Richard Peck, Chris Crutcher, and Chris Lynch, each of which presents the life of a teenager in a different decade of the twentieth century, accompanied by a brief description of the historical and cultural highlights of that decade.

A collection of ten stories about the future, by such authors as Lois Lowry, Katherine Paterson, and Jon Scieszka.

Presents a collection of nine original tales drawn from African American oral tradition that blends history and legend with sly humor, creepy horror, villainous characters, and wild farce.

A collection of ten scary stories about haunted houses, pirate treasure, and ghosts.