Ruth Sanderson

Although she is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, a kind-hearted young woman manages to attend the palace ball with the help of her fairy godmother.

In the Vermont spring of 1853, Bell's Star, a Morgan horse, and his owner Katie rescue a runaway slave and try to outwit the slave catchers in order to help her to freedom.

"Saints : lives and illuminations tells the stories of over seventy remarkable men and women who have provided spiritual examples to Christians from the very beginning of the church up to the present day. In addition to well-known saints like Patrick and Francis of Assisi, this volume also explores the lives of such lesser-known figures as Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha and Saint Bernardino"--Cover, p. 2.

A young boy who lives on the fringes of Fairyland finds the golden key at the end of the rainbow and is joined by a lovely companion in a lifelong quest for the lock that fits the key.

A bear, befriended by two sisters during the winter, returns one day to reward them royally for their kindness.

Presents twenty-three stories about women in the Old and New Testaments, including Eve, Rachel, and Ruth.

The youngest of three sons outwits the fairy thieves who stole his mother's tapestry and marries one of the fairies he has rescued.

Around the year 1000, the Icelandic horse named Elska is born and learns about life and her role in the herd, as well as love and friendship, when she rescues the girl to whom she originally belonged. Includes facts about Icelandic horses and Iceland.

In a mid-ninth-century Bedouin camp in the Arabian Desert, a horse is born to a prized Arabian war mare who dies during the birth, and the foal is raised with dreams of continuing her mother's glory as a war mare. Includes facts about Arabian horses and their importance to Bedouin tribes.