"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.

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

In segregated Nashville during the 1950s, a young African American girl endures a series of indignities and obstacles to get to the public library, one of the few integrated places in the city.

With the help of his friends Bush-rat and Turtle, smart and nimble Rabbit makes a fool of the mighty but slowwitted king of the forest.

A retelling of the Afro-American tales about the adventures and misadventures of Brer Rabbit and his friends and enemies.

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 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."

A grieving son follows a treasure map his late father left him through the woods they used to explore together.

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.