New Releases by William Mayne

In five episodes, Hob protects his human family and solves problems by dealing with Eggy Palmer, Sootkin, Hinky Punk, Sleepyhead, and the Tooth Fairy.

Talitha, daughter of the king, figures out how to deal with the monster who has left the Wilderness and is interrupting the peace of the great Garden of the World.

When the speckled hen lays a golden egg, Grandfather learns the value of her plain brown ones.

When a crippled boy is chosen king of the midsummer celebration, his friends help him follow a dream to find his queen.

Mason''s adjustments to his first job and first love are further complicated when the entire village begins to challenge his father''s integrity.

Harriet does not like the new house but intriguing questions about a nearby mountain make her forget her complaints.

The old church must be moved to another spot to make room for the new one, a gift to the queen from the neighboring island. It all involves work, but also a feast of celebration and an opportunity for competition.

Set in the Yorskhire Dales the story charts the misadventures of young Dorothy and her friends Anthea and Jean. They like to go fishing in a local river and play on the stepping stones, though one day they get a little more than they bargained for.

Two Greek boys on an Aegean island have adventures as they follow a blue glass ball as it rolls through the cobbled streets of their village.

The first clue for finding the treasure was in the old signboard at the inn, while the last clue was somewhere inside a hill. It seem that the most important clue is a unicorn. Nan, Mary, Peter, and Adam search in their own ways. Mary, too young to bother with science and logic, prepares a grass rope to catch a unicorn the proper way.