Blair Lent

A tall tale of seafaring adventure, based on an old New England legend in several different versions. When John Tabor is shipwrecked on a desert isle, he is rescued by a queer old man who takes him for a real "Nantucket sleigh-ride" on the back of a whale.

The wares of the poor little match girl illuminate her cold world, bringing some beauty to her brief, tragic life.

An African folktale tells how the sun and water once lived on earth as friends, but because the sun failed to build his house large enough, he and his wife, the moon, were driven into the sky when the water came to visit them.

The wares of the poor little match girl illuminate her cold world, bringing some beauty to her brief, tragic life.

All sorts of animals bring a variety of foods to share at a picnic: bears bring pears, parrots bring carrots, mosquitoes bring burritos, mice bring rice, and so on.