Cindy Big Hair's one wish is to have big hair...big enough to go to the Big Hair Ball. With the help of her Hairy Godmother, Cindy gets her wish, but not without the usual conditions.

This retelling of a Chinese folktale pays tribute to the author's Irish heritage, and to the joys of an old marriage, new friendships, and the impulse to share. Using pen and gouache, the artist shows the 'simple' characters in all their winning complexity. A very poor, humble couple live so simple a life they share everything, until the husband discovers a pot with magical powers buried under the very last potato in the garden. Mr. and Mrs. O'Grady are so poor they have just one of everything to share -one potato a day, one chair, one blanket full of holes, and one gold coin for a rainy day. After digging up the last potato in their patch, Mr. O'Grady comes upon a big black object. It's a pot - no ordinary pot, for what they soon discover is that whatever goes into it comes out doubled! Suddenly the O'Gradys aren't destitute anymore. But what they really long for is one friend apiece. Can the magic pot give them that?A very poor, humble couple live so simple a life they share everything, until the husband discovers a pot with magical powers buried under the very last potato in the garden.

An adaptation of the traditional tale, featuring Strawberry Shortcake and her friends.

A follow-up to Pay the Piper finds sixteen-year-old harpist prodigy Moira disgusted by the forthcoming Princess Day traditions, while three members of a teen boy band prepare for a relaxing road trip, events that clash when the young people are transported into a mystical wilderness where a deadly struggle is taking place between a magical fox and a monstrous troll. 15,000 first printing.