Most Popular Books by Jay Williams

King Killian, the smartest man in the kingdom, learns there are some advantages to being silly.

Tale of Perseus who opposes the marriage of his mother and tries to forstall it by procuring the head of the serpent.

A Dutch boy fulfills his great desire to steer his family''s boat.

Adventures of Philbert, a cautious knight, who tries to stay from risky situations, until he is convinced by his doctor to become more active. He joins a search to rescue an emperor''s daughter. Using his common sense, he successfully saves the princess and live a more eventful life.

Since the 1970s, Richard and Jane Manoogian have collected some of the most celebrated examples of historical American Art, including Hudson River School, American impressionist, and trompe l''oeil paintings. This book documents an exhibition that includes such stellar exemplars of American art as Asher B. Durand, one of the fathers of the Hudson River School; Frederick Frieseke, a leading member of the American art colony at Giverny, France (the village that was home to Claude Monet); Frank Benson, whose iconic figure paintings incorporate impressionist brushwork while conveying a strong sense of his subjects'' personalities; and William Michael Harnett, represented here by three remarkable trompe l''oeil compositions.

When he learns the significance of their iron club, Arne is forced to grapple with the dangerous crom, creatures that are neither human or animal, and their place in the world as he knows it.

The lazy prince is moved to action first by hunger then by love for a beautiful princess.

A boy tries to catch a kestrel--a sparrow hawk--so he can look at it whenever he wishes but the hawk eludes him until he tries a new trap--with paper and crayon.