When nine-year-old Marion and her younger brother are sent to Wales to avoid the German bombing of England, she meets a storyteller she believes is Merlin the magician.

This colorful picture book provides a fantastical tale about magical creatures for children of all ages, complete with poems by Rachel Field, Monica Shannon and others.

On his eighth birthday, a young boy and his sister embark on a fantastical journey to consider the possibilities, real and imaginary, of selecting a pet, in a collection of poetry featuring fourteen works by Lee Bennett Hopkins, Theodore Roethke, Karla Kuskin, and other notable writers.

Features a variety of poems about things that go bump in the night by John Ciardi, e.e. cummings, and others