Morpurgo, Michael

Mairi has trouble learning to swim until she meets a tiny mermaid who needs her help.

Collects various stories by English author Michael Morpurgo, including "The Giant's Necklace," "My One and Only Great Escape," and "Singing for Mrs. Pettigrew," with essays in which the author discusses his inspiration for each and details of his craft.

An illustrated retelling of the oldest English epic "Beowulf," in which a Norse hero saves Denmark's royal house from monsters, returns home to become his own people's greatest king, and then faces a murderous dragon to protect them.

A collection of stories about the animal kingdom from such writers as Rudyard Kipling, John Steinbeck, and Paul Gallico.

Joey the horse recalls his experiences growing up on an English farm, his struggle for survival as a cavalry horse during World War I, and his reunion with his beloved master.

Johnny, a bell-boy at London's Savoy Hotel, becomes caregiver to Kaspar the cat, and the two stow away on the Titanic.

When Boowie reads the diary that his grandmother sends him, he learns of her childhood in World War II England when American and British soldiers practiced for D-Day's invasion in the area of her home, and about her beloved cat, Adolphus Tip, and the cat's namesake.

A boy, indulgent of his grandfather's story of being whisked away as a young shepherd by the angel Gabriel to visit the baby Jesus on the night of the infant's birth, decides to record the tale when he receives proof that it is true.

A man relates how he came to believe in unicorns as an eight-year-old boy while also remembering how he learned about the importance in life of books and storytelling, especially in the midst of war.

While looking for his mother, Wombat meets many animals that are not impressed with his talent for digging and thinking, but when a fire approaches, they change their minds.