Kevin Hawkes

Little Miss Terry wreaks havoc by jumping on the bedsprings at night, until a troll appears to set things aright.

A Maine couple and their gigantic toddler take a trip to New York City, where despite his size, the "wicked big toddlah" becomes lost.

A family of nice ghosts protects a British orphan from the diabolical plans of his evil guardians.

"At first Tally doesn't want to go to the boarding school called Delderton. But she soon discovers that it is a wonderful place where freedom and self expression are valued. Tally organizes a ragtag dance troupe so the school can participate in an international folk dancing festival in Bergania in the summer of 1939. There she befriends Karil, the crown prince, who would love nothing more than to have ordinary friends and attend a school like Delderton....

A young English boy decides to establish a sanctuary for an assortment of ghosts when the homes they have haunted are replaced by highways and other modern "improvements."

A little boy turns life in London upside down when he appears at the house of a lonely old couple and insists he was a rat.

Describes the life and work of Eratosthenes, the Greek geographer and astronomer who accurately measured the circumference of the earth.

As they get older, several sisters decide that they must kidnap children and bring them to their secluded island home to help with the work of caring for an assortment of unusual sea creatures.

Halfdan Rassmussen was born in Copenhagen in 1915 and fought in the Danish resistance during the German occupation. This is a selection of his children's poetry translated into English.

Illustrations and simple text describe the back ends of various animals.