Jerry Pinkney

Deep in the pages of the Jungle Book romps a boy raised by wolves, a mongoose who raises up against a deadly cobra, & a young seal who raises the question: What's out there in the great wide world? Rudyard Kipling's enduring collection of adventurous tales are written with warmth, wit, & a gentle wisdom for readers of all ages.

Young Harriet Tubman, whose childhood name was Minty, dreams of escaping slavery on the Brodas plantation in the late 1820s.

Rhyming verses ask the reader to purr like a cat, scratch like a dog, leap like a squirrel, and bark like a seal.

While out hiking, a family comes upon the site of an old house and finds some clues about the people that once lived there.

A new interpretation of the classic nursery rhyme follows two small chidren as they embark on a journey to follow a twinkling star, which takes them from their back yard to a stable where a baby is born.

As a great wall of dust moves across their drought-stricken farm, a family's distress is relieved by a young man called Drylongso, who literally blows into their lives with the storm.

A Southern folktale in which kind Blanche, following the instructions of an old witch, gains riches, while her greedy sister makes fun of the old woman and is duly rewarded.

Having once had his heart broken, Jack keeps it in a bucket safe from harm until one day a young maiden asks him to solve a riddle which teaches him the true meaning of love.

A black cowboy is so in tune with wild mustangs that they accept him into the herd, thus enabling him singlehandedly to take them to the corral.

Relates what happens when a little boy named Sam matches wits with several tigers that want to eat him (a retelling of Little Black Sambo).