Most Popular Books by Jan Wahl

A little Mexican boy and his animal friends help a good witch regain her treasure from her wicked sisters.

Getting the idea from a great inventor who has settled in his town, a young mechanical wizard invents a device that enables him to fly his bicycle on a rescue mission which makes him a great hero.

While vacationing in Atlantic City, a brother and sister meet a ghost in the Elephant Hotel.

A bilingual edition of the story of the miraculous appearance of Our Lady of Guadalupe to a humble Mexican Indian in 1531.

Dracula''s cat and Frankenstein''s dog give pets'' eye views of life with their masters.

The greedy woman is so preoccupied with her plans for becoming rich from selling her eggs that she forgets she is carrying them in a basket on her head.

As a hunter sets out early one morning, he is greeted by the sights and sounds of autumn in the forest. Leaves rustle. A rabbit darts out. Finches fly overhead. When he comes across the deer he has been seeking, the hunter watches. He waits. And then he does something unexpected. Weaving a story of quiet reverence for nature as the artwork imbues the wooded scenes with a lifelike interplay of light and shadow, The Hunter captures the radiance of a perfect fall day.

When Spotty Chipmunk wanders away from camp in his sleep, Doctor Rabbit, Miss Mouse, and the scouts set up a search party to look for him.

A tiny girl, hatched from an egg found in a cucumber field, demands to rule in the stead of the king, thus beginning a contest of wills and strength.

Noted children''s author Jan Wahl has led a storybook life-much of it connected to Arts and Movies. THROUGH A LENS DARKLY invites you to share personal encounters with many luminaries from the Golden Age of Entertainment. You are treated to revelations about Gloria Swanson, Isak Dinesen, Robert Mitchum, Rita Hayworth, and more. His essays will charm and mesmerize. Join him as he sheds light on the artistic contributions of lesser-known personalities like animators Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising-and legendary dancer Paul Swan. Navigating his life is truly an adventure. Journey to Denmark with him as he participates in the now classic film Ordet by the great director Carl Th. Dreyer. Come along as Jan relives a poignant twenty-year friendship with Louise Brooks. Enjoy his sense of humor as Mae West chases him out of her dressing room-and feel his shock as he almost kills Greta Garbo. You will come away from this book knowing why Jan Wahl is, as one child has put it, "America''s Best Otter."

Lisa loves to hear Grandma Pinky tell stories about the old days, but she worries when Grandma becomes forgetful about more recent activities.

The sequel to the bestselling The Furious Flycycle. Professor Mickimecki and Melvin Spitznagle, kid genius, are at it again! The two wizards of invention are on a mission to uncover the mystery of the Loch Ness Monster, with the aid of their greatest invention to date--the Bobomobile, part submarine, part tank.

Three friends customarily eat at Bear''s house until one fateful night.

The enchanted flounder forces the prince who catches him to change places with him for a while.

Much to Kitty White''s dismay, his little mistress dresses him up as her child and takes him for a stroll in her doll carriage.

Tired of being teased by his older siblings, Acorn the raccoon decides to run away.

Rhymed text and illustrations follow the progress of a group of rabbits on roller skates.

The Clumpet family sails to a sick uncle''s house to take him some hot soup.

Chaos soon reigns when, after finding a case of musical instruments, a town decides to form an orchestra.

A little boy''s grandmother points out all sorts of things that he just misses seeing.

Old Hippo receives an Easter egg out of which hatches a duckling - the son he''s always wanted.

Despite the costumed guests'' scaring each other on the way to a party, Halloween is still celebrated in a festive and appropriate way.

When the zoo train emerges from the tunnel, its passengers are in a jungle where they observe friendly wild animals in their natural environment.

Lonely and in need of money Mrs. Owl advertises for a boarder, but Mr. Pig seems to be more trouble than he''s worth.

A child describes all the special attributes of Ginger the cat.

The Pipkins decide that they all need space in their house apart from everyone else to pursue and enjoy their individual hobbies and interests.

From a quiet box in a young child''s room erupts a nighttime circus with the dreaming child self-cast as ringmaster.

When the dam begins to crumble following heavy rains, Bee leads the animals to safety.