Susanna Davidson

Provides information about the physical characteristics, behavior and habitats of various kinds of whales and dolphins. Includes descriptions of recommended Web sites whose links are on the Usborne Quicklinks Web site.

At the age of thirteen, Anne Frank went into hiding with her family to escape from the Nazis. For two years, she couldn't go outside or run or shout or laugh too loudly. Instead, she poured her thoughts and feelings into her diary, which is now famous all over the world. This story of her life begins when she was still a carefree girl like any other.

Two rascally weavers convince the emperor they are making him beautiful new clothes, visible only to those fit for their posts, but during a royal procession in which he first wears them, a child whispers that the emperor has nothing on.

A girl travels east of the sun and west of the moon to free her beloved prince from a magic spell.

Lift magical flaps to see fairies' secret lives.

A beautiful girl with extraordinary long golden hair is imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch.

An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year excluded by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.

Introduces readers to the life of a ballet dancer and being in a show, provides brief profiles of famous ballet dancers, and retells six famous ballet stories, including "Sleeping Beauty," "The Nutcracker," and "The Firebird."

When the town mouse and the country mouse visit each other, they find they prefer very different ways of life.

A peasant changes places with a prince and both youths learn something about pleasures and palaces.