Children Stories

With Nora A. Smith, this book is an anthology of classic wonder tales and fairy stories from around the world.

A collection of short stories and fairy tales written for children, each featuring anthropomorphized flowers, animals, and natural elements.

The book is the sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and continues Alice’s adventures, this time in a world “on the other side of the mirror.”

A collection of short stories for children set in and inspired by Delaware and the surrounding countryside.

A collection of classic nursery and fairy tales retold in simple, engaging language for young readers.

Before pirates and Neverland, a mischievous infant slips from his London nursery and glides to Kensington Gardens, where birds and fairies rule by moonlight. Learning their secret customs and perilous games, he befriends a lost little girl and tests the fragile bridge between play and home. A wistful, magical origin tale about freedom, belonging, and the moment childhood begins to take flight.

A shy child longs for a friend and finds one in a tumbledown basket: a black-eyed puppy with more mischief than manners. From toppled milk pails to moonlit searches, each scrape becomes a lesson in patience, courage, and care. As the pup grows from scamp to steadfast companion, the child discovers that loyalty is trained as much by love as by rules.

A children’s story set in Japan, written with a blend of cultural curiosity and gentle moral lessons.

A novel for children and young adults about a gifted young musician whose talent and character inspire those around him.

A retelling of the classic nursery rhyme about three playful kittens who lose their mittens.