Most Popular Books by William Mayne

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

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.

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.

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

Who is Hob? The creation of award-winning author William Mayne, Hob is a friendly household spirit, invisible to grownups, although the children know he''s there.

A tidal wave begins an adventure for three New Zealand children.

Rafe''s mother didn''t like him talking to the ''heathen'' Indian girl. Tawena, who came from the encampment of tents and cabins at the end of the village. But, Rafe longed to know what Tawena meant by ''looking at bear'', and followed her one day on to the headland and into disaster.

A drummer boy from 200 years ago links the ancient past with the present.

Twelve-year-old Eva''s chaotic but cheerful family life in a small English town changes when Gideon, her brain-damaged, deaf older brother, gets a job opening bridges and locks for the local canal boat.

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

Two young sisters living in the Cornish countryside find a strange boy in the woods who doesn''t seem to speak, eat, or sleep.

A family of foxes living in a cellar in town must find a new home when their building is torn down, but a pack of dogs makes their journey difficult.

Hob, the friendly spirit who lives under the stairs and protects the house, must do battle with a variety of evil beings trying to take control of his family''s home.

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.

Hugh and Christopher discover a magic lake and the blue boat that came with Hugh''s wish. On their second voyage they meet a friendly goblin and decide to challenge the giant that lives on the island in the lake.

More adventures of Hob the goblin who lives under the stairs, visible only to children, and whose job is to chase away trouble and keep the house in order. In this book, he deals with the Strange Baby, the Mump, the Temper, the Cough, and the Storm.