Presents a retelling of an anonymous twelfth-century Japanese story about a young woman named Izumi who resists social and family pressures as she befriends caterpillars and other socially unacceptable creatures.
A Burmese version of a story-within-a-story folktale about the city slicker who matches his wits with three country rascals who are plotting to steal his clothes. High, a monkey; Wide, a pig; and Handsome, a fox "challenge the city slicker, a hound named Rolling Stone to a storytelling contest, the winner to get the loser's clothes"--Publisher.
The outbreak of a war between truck drivers and pushcart peddlers brings the mounting problems of traffic to the attention of both the city of New York and the world.
The outbreak of a war between truck drivers and pushcart peddlers brings the mounting problems of traffic to the attention of both the city of New York and the world.
Young people are introduced to the workings of the business world through the experiences of a twelve-year-old boy who becomes a millionaire by making and selling inexpensive toothpaste.
Kate MacKinstrey explains how her friend went from being a poor sixth-grader to an eighth-grade millionaire by making a cheaper, better toothpaste--with her help.
