Jerry Pinkney

"In this reinvention of Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale, a little mermaid trades her voice for legs and makes a new friend on land, but must return to the sea to save her family"--

The story of one African American family fighting to stay together and strong in the face of brutal racist attacks, illness, poverty, and betrayal in the Deep South of the 1930s.

Three billy goats must outwit the big, ugly troll that lives under the bridge they have to cross on their way up the mountain.

Presents the classic tale of three youngsters who are careless with their mittens, but who turn out to be good little kittens after all.

A sweet little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest while on her way to visit her grandmother.

The wares of the poor little match girl illuminate her cold world, bringing some beauty to her brief, tragic life.

"As a curious little chipmunk leaves his nest to greet the twilight, he gazes at the glittering sky above him. He can't help but also notice the sparkling dewdrops on a spider's web, the lights of the fireflies, and the shimmers of moonlight on the water. 'How I wonder what you are!' marvels the tiny creature, launching a dreamlike quest to reach for the stars."--Amazon.com.

The most controversial classic novel of the 20th century, Lolita tells the story of Humbert Humbert, a middle-aged man who is aroused to erotic desire only by a young girl. Awe and exhilaration--along with heartbreak and mordant wit--abound in Lolita, Nabokov's most famous and controversial novel, which tells the story of the aging Humbert Humbert's obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet Dolores Haze. Lolita is also the story of...

Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.

A collection of nearly sixty fables from Aesop, including such familiar ones as "The Grasshopper and the Ants, " "The North Wind and the Sun, " "Androcles and the Lion, " "The Troublesome Dog, " and "The Fox and the Stork."