A digest of plots and critical evaluation "of works by authors from the United States, Canada, Central and South America"--Publisher's catalog.

Retellings of twenty of Shakespeare's best known plays, using the playwright's own words when possible.

Examines the theme, characters, plot, style, and technique of more than 700 nineteenth- and twentieth-century works by prominent authors from around the world.

Contains Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first twelve stories and includes such famous cases as "The Red-headed League," in which Holmes uncovers a well-concealed, devilishly clever criminal plot "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle," in which Holmes must trap a jewel thief--with astonishing results "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," in which Holmes and Watson find themselves dealing with treachery, violence, and deadly snakes and nine more equally thrilling...

Relates the story of the popular ballet, in which a little girl travels with the Nutcracker Prince to the Land of Sweets.

Presents award-winning science fiction and fantasy stories, including a comic-book-style adaptation of a traditional ballad, all by authors connected with Firebird Books including Lloyd Alexander, Meredith Ann Pierce, Emma Bull, and thirteen others.

A little girl travels with the Nutcracker Prince to the Kingdom of Sweets. Illustrated with photographs of the ballet.

When a young girl rescues her nutcracker from an attack by mice, the nutcracker becomes a prince and takes her to his magnificent castle.