"Each of the twenty-six authors featured in this anthology were given the same first sentence. Where they took that first sentence was completely up to them. Every story is different. No story is related. The only thing these stories have in common is their starting point."--

These stories tell of the ways in which the American frontier transformed the strangers who came to this country into Americans.

A collection of thirteen short stories that reveals frightening secrets lurking in everyday objects.

Presents the texts and simple illustrations from forty-six favorite Little Golden Books published between 1942 and 1957, including "The Poky Little Puppy," and "The Saggy Baggy Elephant."

This collection of short stories uses travel as a theme. The characters are everyday people involved in compelling tales of love, loss, revelation, and reconciliation.

A collection of short stories including classic tales of the macabre and the monstrous, cutting-edge explorations of the borderlands between good and evil, brilliant pastiches of Chandler and Conan Doyle and much more.

A children's classic, featuring Mowgli, the Indian boy brought up by wolves in the jungle, his companions, Baloo and Bagheera, and his enemy, Shere Khan.

"When the "grownup virus" hits, kids who live in the same apartment building must cope with strange new rules and extended time at home with parents and siblings. And they survive brilliantly, each in their own way. Twin boys throw themselves into an independent research assignment on prehistoric people and embrace their own devolution. A budding track star is encouraged to run laps on his balcony by a neighbor who has a secret crush on him. A classroom...