Most Popular Books by William H. Hooks

When she falls in love with Joshua, a slave, free-born Belle Dorcas uses the magic of a conjer woman to keep Joshua with her.

Every pioneer girl should have a cat she takes with her on the Oregon Trail. Nine-year-old Kate Purdy is traveling from Missouri to Oregon by wagon train, and she’s worried. She isn’t worried about how long the trip will be or the hardships she’ll have to suffer. She’s worried about Snuggs—the pretty little cat who took a shine to her and decided to come along for the ride, even though there are no pets allowed on the wagon train. So no matter what happens, Snuggs the cat has to stay a secret! History Stepping Stones now feature updated content that emphasizes Common Core and today’s renewed interest in nonfiction. Perfect for home, school, and library bookshelves!

After failing to flatter her father as much as her two evil sisters, Candace is banished from his plantation; and only after much time and meeting her Prince Charming is her father able to appreciate her love.

A boy has mixed feelings about his five-year-old brother Eli, who sticks close to him whether he is inventing a new soft drink or trick-or-treating on Halloween.

When Eli''s fascination with dinosaurs begins to cause him trouble, his older brother finds a clever way to help.

The younger sister of three shepherds secretly follows her brothers who are traveling to Bethlehem to see the Christ Child.

Nine-year-old Adam doesn''t want anything to do with the new girl next door, but as he gets to know more about her and her unusual abilities, they become best friends.

Follows the adventures of two best friends, Lion and Lamb.

A determined princess, whose father''s policy of keeping strangers off their island kingdom has made her curious about the outside world, finally gets her wish to meet someone new.

Three of Aesop''s fables are retold with rebuses and repeatable refrains.

When Eli was into monsters, his big brother called him Mr. Monster. Now Eli''s wacky and wonderfully contagious baseball fever has earned him a new nickname!

When Jack is kidnapped by a band of greedy pirates, he persists in misunderstanding all the captain''s orders.

Found floating on the river inside a peach by an old couple, Momotaro grows up and fights the terrible demons who have terrorized the village for years.

Shortly before Christmas, 1936, eleven-year-old Harrison overhears a notorious local bigot planning a Ku Klux Klan raid on a band of Irish tinkers camped nearby and realizes he must do something to prevent it.

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Illustrated in full color. An acclaimed author and an award-winning illustrator unite to create an enchanting conjure tale ideal for both folktale and African-American history collections. Mama Marina is willing to risk everything and use her conjuring powers to the utmost to free her daughter Sheba from the yoke of slavery. "Hooks''s account of how Mama Marina manipulates her gift to free Sheba and Sheba''s true love, Joe Nathan, is as absorbing as Ransome''s accomplished art. Rendered in broad, textured strokes that nonetheless leave room for detail, his emotion-charged paintings depict sweeping panoramas and close-up portraits with equal success." --(starred)"Publishers Weekly

In this Appalachian version of the classic tale, Hamlet, the youngest pig, rescues her two greedy brothers from the clutches of the "mean, tricky old drooly-mouth fox."

Two friends become involved in a police operation investigating the suspicious activities taking place in an abandoned warehouse.