Joanne Oppenheim

When the Prince refuses to go to bed each night, people come from near and far with "cures," but an old woman knows the best way of putting children to sleep.

In this story based on "The Little Red Hen," a little black crow asks his animal friends to help with the planting of some corn seed.

Having missed her chance to see him on the first Christmas, old Befana travels around Italy each year searching for the Christ Child and leaving cookies and Christmas presents for the sleeping children.

Allie finds a frog for show-and-tell, but he disappears before she can take him to school.

Benny's family owns a knishery and sells delicious round dumplings. Then the Tisch family opens a store across the street--selling square knishes--and Benny's papa worries. So he lowers his prices! But Mr. Tisch does too. As each knishery tries to outdo the other, Benny helps his papa realize there's room on Rivington Street for more than one knishery.

Retells the traditional Italian tale of the poor peasant woman who, long ago, set out to find the Christ Child and wanders to this day, carrying a sack of gifts to give to good children at Christmas.

A rhymed retelling of the traditional fable about the poor man and his son who, on their way to market to sell their donkey, try to take the advice of everyone they meet.

After climbing the water spout, Eency Weency Spider meets Little Miss Muffet, Humpty Dumpty, and Little Jackie Horner.