Most Popular Books by Jean Merrill

Two children play hide and seek in the barn.

Rufus Mayflower has an idea, and with a little help from his friend, makes a million.

An adventurous pigeon visits some of the fascinating places in New York City.

On a rainy day a little girl tries to tell a story to her brother, whose own idea about how the story goes results in a new version of an old folk tale.

In this vivid adaptation of a 12th-century Japanese tale, Izumi finds worms, toads, and especially caterpillars much more fascinating than the hobbies of the ladies in the Emperor''s court. Full color.

What is your favorite thing to do in the whole world? Whatever it is, odds are that you don’t like doing it as much as the elephant in this book enjoys smashing small cars. He’ll smash any small car that drives down his road. He smashes yellow cars, he smashes blue cars, he smashes red cars, all the while singing a special car-smashing song. Then one day a man comes to town and opens a small-car store right on the elephant’s road. You can probably guess what the elephant does next, but the real fun starts when the man turns the tables on the elephant—and his plan is a smashing success. Jean Merrill’s story of gleeful destruction, revenge, and conciliation is accompanied by Ronni Solbert’s colorful crayon drawings. Rarely has property damage looked so adorable.

A country boy, tricked once too often by a greedy boatmaster, executes a clever retaliation.

The tale of a Chinese ruler who loved horses.

The outbreak of a war between truck drivers and pushcart peddlers brings the mounting problems of traffic to the attention of both the city of New York and the world.

Ten children play hide-and-seek on a city street. The winner is rewarded with an ice cream cone.

Because he was a different color and dared to think for himself, The Black Sheep was thrown into prison.