Chris Van Allsburg

Sweetie Pie escapes the confines of her hamster cage (and several insufferable owners) to find a new home in the wild.

When he has a dream about a future Earth devastated by pollution, Walter begins to understand the importance of taking care of the environment.

A boy's ambition to be the greatest sailor in the world brings him to ruin when he misuses his new ability to sail his boat in the air.

When two bad ants desert from their colony, they experience a dangerous adventure that convinces them to return to their former safety.

Van Allsburg highlights the death-defying attempt of 62-year-old former charm school teacher Annie Edson Taylor to be the first woman to survive the perilous plunge over Niagara Falls.

A witch's worn-out broom serves a widow well, until her neighbors decide the thing is wicked and dangerous.

On his birthday, Calvin and his friend Rodney see a magician perform, then copy him by hypnotizing Calvin's little sister, but the joke is on them when they are unable to snap her out of it.

A strange glowing stone picked up on a sea voyage captivates a ship's crew and has a terrible transforming effect on them.

When Sheriff Hardy investigates the source of a brilliant light and shiny slime afflicting Riverbend, he finds that the village is becoming part of a child's coloring book streaked with greasy crayons.

A magical train ride on nochebuena (Christmas Eve) takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from San Nicolás.