The Painted Ponies of Partequineus:
While resting in her bedroom one day after school, eleven-year-old Vanessa is enveloped by a mysterious purple mist and taken to the enchanted land of Partequineus, where lonely children and magical ponies are kept prisoner by a terrifying dragon. Unless she can help them all to escape, Vanessa will have to stay in Partequineus forever.

The Summer of the Kittens:
When young Hanna McCormick takes on the difficult task of raising a litter of orphaned kittens, she begins a challenging journey of self-discovery. With...

Christmas is a time for celebration, for families, and especially for the giving of gifts, and there can be no greater gift than to share one's home. Kindness brings its own rewards, and sometimes more, as the family in No Room discovers when a stray cat appears on their doorstep one snowy Christmas Eve. The oldest boy wants to take the cat in, but there is a problem. "We haven't got room," Father said, "for another. We already have seven pets, and your brother."
Just before bedtime, the children gather around to hear their father read the beloved Christmas legend about...

• exploration of the minstrel show, burlesque and the revue.
• documentation of true music comedy the Princess Musicals of Jerome Kearn and P.G. Woodhouse leading to the masterpiece of American music drama, Kern and Hammerstein's Show Boat.
• Cole Porter, the Gershwin Brothers, Rodgers and Hart.
• Oklahoma, Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II.
• Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Weber.
• An...