C. F. Payne

A small, but plucky mouse named Mike is sure that he can help the Space Shuttle astronauts, and ends up saving the whole mission.

Even though he is away serving in an English hospital during World War II, Molly's father finds a way to make the family Christmas very special.

At the turn of the century, a young woman who works on the railroad accomplishes her yearning ambition to become an engineer when a male engineer is injured and can't drive his train.

Ethan looks forward to the Thanksgiving Day when he and his friends are finally old enough to play in the annual family football game, but that day arrives full of snow and icy roads.

Micawber, a squirrel fascinated by art, leaves a museum with an art student and secretly uses her supplies to make his own paintings.