Most Popular Books by William Mayne

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.

A fantasy about an eighteenth century drummer boy who disapears underground, playing his drum and then emerges two centuries later, unaware that time has passed.

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

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.

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 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.

A young English girl encounters a disturbing restless spirit which she doesn''t understand but knows she can put to rest.

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

Owen''s problems multiply when he builds an ark and loads his family and livestock.

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

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.

Feeling neglected when her human family has a baby, Pandora the cat runs away to live in the wild, where she has her own kittens before returning to her house.

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.

After several adventures and mishaps around the barnyard, Tibber the kitten decides to leave further exploring for another day.

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

A group of boys find a barge in an abandoned mill and try to make it seaworthy for a voyage to Holland. cf. Dust jacket.

Fifteen-year-old Bob stumbles across some old secrets involving his family and a forty-year-old murder.

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

Abducted and raised by eagles, a young boy is sent on a mission to rescue a lost egg and, in the process, save the race of eagles.

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.

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.

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

Five episodes featuring Hob, a goblin, and the family he lives with and protects, though only the children can see him. In this book Hob tries to outwit the wicked-eyed Boggart, figure out who took Boy''s soccer boots, keep the Black Hole away from the toes of Girl''s socks, tame the mysterious Black Dog, and keep Sad from spoiling the family''s Christmas.

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.

A collection of classic and contemporary stories by such authors as Ray Bradbury, Saki, Rudyard Kipling, and Margaret Mahy, all featuring supernatural themes.

Hundreds of years ago many wagon loads of treasure belonging to the King disappeared in a small Welsh town. Now, while involved in the town''s excited preparations for the visit of the Prince, Patty discovers and alley leading from her basement to a buried street.

Magra flees after being branded a witch and in an amazing twist of time finds herself meeting Sara from one thousand years in the future the future___

In five episodes, Hob, the friendly household spirit, continues to make life better for his human family.

A mouse with a longing to fly, on seeing two young brothers in danger from an owl, "flies" down from a roof to save them.