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Farinor is kicked out of the kitchen when the chef doesn't like his suggestions. Luckily for him, he's able to put his knowledge of dragons to good use when the king finds one in the woods and tasks him with taming it. Clever Farinor knows there's only one way he can tame this beast—with ice cream!

Robyn Swift is in a tight spot. The little swallow delivered a message to the wrong bird and sparked off a rebellion against the giant raven King Rauch. Now, Robyn is on a mission to gather allies for the outmatched rebels. All she has to do is elude a cunning prince and his personal assassin, outrun the King's army, and cross a vast poisonous desert. How hard could it be?

Enjoy this collection of funny animal stories. In "Small Mouse, Big Trouble", a trickster mouse causes trouble for a young girl. Can she outsmart the mouse, or will he have her room all to himself? When it seems like the mouse might just get his way, the clever girl uses a game that her father taught her to outwit the mouse. You’ll also find four other stories featuring some entertaining animals: "The Conduit Mouse", "Eudora Entwhistle and the Geese of Macadoodle-by-the-Sea", "The Pirates and the Peacock", and "Dragon Treat".

Within the short stories of this powerful anthology, author Jeffrey Dean Doty explores the beautiful and tragic moments that flow through lives of ordinary people. The result is anything but ordinary.

Do you like stories with a twist? Stories that run just a little different? Odd Tales is full of little twists and unusual stories. Fans of the supernatural and the weird will find this anthology to be just what they are looking for. Ghosts, skeletons, fey creatures, haunted guitars, and even time travel have their places in this collection of short stories from the wonderfully warped mind of Jeffrey Dean Doty.

On the evening of December 3rd, 1957, seven-year-old Maria Ridulph and her eight-year-old friend, Kathy Sigman, were playing in the new fallen snow on a street corner in the sleepy town of Sycamore, Illinois. A stranger approached the girls, introduced himself as "Johnny" and offered them piggyback rides. When Kathy Sigman ran home to get her mittens, she left Maria and Johnny behind on the street corner. Little did she know that she would be the last person to see Maria Ridulph alive.

Giants, fairies, elves, Vikings, princesses, heroes, and a very special Man of Leaves weave their magic and mischief through the stories in this book, perfect for bedtime listenings. These tales inspire the imagination in children and will bring a smile to their faces.