Uri Shulevitz

A retelling of the traditional English tale in which a poor man follows the advice of his dream and is eventually led to a treasure.

Troto's a happy little car who likes to go places until he drives all the way to Cactusville and meets some big trucks that tease him for being so small.

"The first middle-grade book from a picture book master--a harrowing, heartrending, illustrated account of his childhood escape from the terrors of war"--

In the quiet of the night, a sleepy sleepy boy awakes to find the dishes, chairs, and clocks enjoying themselves. In a sleepy sleepy house everything is so sleepy - until music drifts in through an open window. Chairs begin to rock, dishes begin to dance, and a sleepy boy opens his eyes to the revelry of the once-sleepy house. Then, softly, the music drifts out, and everything is sleepy sleepy once more.

Relates the doings of the Emperor of Pickleberry and his ingenious talking bird Lou.

The king's clever treasurer tries to clear his name when the chief minister accuses the treasurer of stealing.

A child indoors watches the rain on the window and in the streets and tells how it falls on the fields, hills, and seas.

A young child spends the day imagining himself to be a sailor on a grand adventure.

Hosni, a shepherd living in the desert, finally realizes his dream of traveling to the city where he spends his gold dinar in a way which changes his life forever.