Sid Fleischman

A Newbery Medalist presents one of the most compelling rags-to-riches stories of modern times, in this biography of the legendary Little Tramp, Charlie Chaplin. Includes archival prints and photos.

Twelve-year-old Annyrose relates her adventures with Joaquín Murieta and his band of outlaws in the California gold-mining region during the mid-1800s.

A plucky Mexican girl tries to recover her dream from the Dream Stealer who takes her to his castle where countless dreams and even more adventures await.

The McBroom family is plagued by a mysterious ghost that visits their farm after every prolonged freezing spell.

A farmer and his family save their farm by using a popcorn machine, frozen sunlight, and jumping beans.

With his one-acre farm as the prize, Josh McBroom on a giant chicken races Heck Jones on a Wyoming jackalope.

When Professor Pepper gives Opie tickets to a ghost-raising instead of a nickel in payment for being guided through the dense fog, Opie manages to make money anyway by helping to thwart a bank robbery.

Diagrammed instructions for performing twenty magic tricks such as "The Vanishing Ghost, " "The Lie Detector, " and "Frankenstein's Toothache."

Members of the Bloodhound Detective Agency are called in to investigate whether Princess Tomorrow while in a trance can actually predict the future, or is Professor Diablo orchestrating a carefully prepared swindle.

The adventures of twelve-year-old Jake and Jim Ugly, his father's part-mongrel, part-wolf dog, as they travel through the Old West trying to find out what really happened to Jake's actor father.