Mercer Mayer

The special rocking horse that his parents buy for him helps a young boy through a dangerous illness.

After seeing the disparity between the conditions of her father's palace and the city beyond its walls, the Emperor's daughter has the royal kitemaker build a huge kite to take her away from it all.

Learn the alphabet with help from Little Critter!

Mr. Hippopotamus' violent efforts to cure his lady friend's hiccups become increasingly irritating to her--then he gets an attack.

A painfully overweight sixth-grade boy receives a magic amulet which brings him luck, but also terrifying side effects.

In the absence of his older brother, the Great Brain, J.D. finds that his own little brain can accomplish feats on a somewhat lesser scale.

In turn-of-the-century Mormon Utah, Tom's great brain comes up with eight more schemes, most of them concerned with earning money.

In 1896 the Great Brain of Adenville, Utah, is almost twelve years old and more mischievous than ever in his practical jokes and schemes against everyone in town.

Although Little Critter has a bad day, at least it has a happy ending.

After not liking new kid Zack because he looks different, the other critters learn that being a little different is not a bad thing.