Bill Peet

Tired of being last on the smoky, noisy freight train, Katy Caboose wishes for some way to escape from the endless track.

Tired of a dog's life, Scamp visits the wicked little witch in the woods and becomes a whingdingdilly.

Bruce, a bear bully, never picks on anyone his own size until he is diminished in more ways than one by a small but very independent witch.

The Wump World is an unspoiled place until huge monsters bring hordes of tiny creatures from the planet Pollutus.

Unhappy about the noise and clutter of the city, a squirrel travels west to find peace and quiet in the forest of giant trees he has heard about.

When building machinery moves into their woodland home, the animal inhabitants of Shady Glade must search for a new place to live.

A country pigeon is talked into visiting a city park by a sparrow. After he injures a wing he is helped home by the sparrow and his friends.

The smallest creatures of Knotty Pine Forest avert the horrors of the hunting season in a very "sportsgnatlike" way.

The English king dies leaving no heir. In the churchyard of a cathedral in London, a sword appears imbedded in a stone. It is inscribed with a prophecy. Although many try, no one can budge the sword from the stone. Deep in the dark woods, Merlin the Magician begins to teach 11-year-old Arthur, who lives in the castle of Sir Ector where he's an apprentice squire to Sir Kay. Arthur learns the basic truths of life, but he also runs into the evil Madam...