Margaret Mahy

A young queen and her runaway goat make quite a showing at the pet fair, where they win an unexpected prize.

Laura attempts to use her own latent supernatural powers to save her brother, Jocko, from an evil possession. When her baby brother seems to become possessed by an evil spirit, fourteen-year-old Laura seeks the help of the strangley compelling older boy at school who she is convinced has supernatural powers.

Four episodes in the adventurous life of a wonderful aunt, who socializes with zoo animals, sails with a pirate, bakes pies you can wind up like music boxes, and builds a house in the forest.

Jake Raven, expecting to dislike her new stepsister and stepbrother, ends up helping them protect an alien from another dimension as he flees from mysterious pursuers with the ability to alter time.

The first story tells about a quiet home which is used for a pirate party. The second story is about a librarian who is kidnapped by robbers.

Mabel blows a bubble that captures Baby and wafts him away, resulting in a wild chase that involves the whole neighborhood.

Though their Saturday morning walk is not as peaceful as planned, a group of children and their dogs, with one brave adult, enjoy themselves.

Seven Chinese brothers elude execution by virtue of their extraordinary individual qualities.

On the fifth anniversary of his older sister's death, nineteen-year-old Jonny Dart, troubled by feelings of guilt and an imperfect memory of the event, goes in search of the only other witness to the fatal accident and, through a chance meeting with a senile old woman, finds a way to free himself of the past.

Seven Chinese brothers elude execution by virtue of their extraordinary individual qualities.