Gilly's little sister Anna lands in reform school just in time to greet the strict new headmaster.

A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.

"When Loki and Amora cause the destruction of one of Asgard's most prized possessions, Amora is banished to Earth, where her powers will slowly and excruciatingly fade to nothing. She was the only person who ever looked at Loki's magic as a gift instead of a threat; without her, he slips further into anguish and the shadow of his universally adored brother, Thor. When Asgardian magic is detected in relation to a string of murders on Earth, Odin sends...

"A band of frightful goblins has taken over the synagogue, and the villagers cannot celebrate at all! Hershel vows to help them. Using his wits, the clever trickster faces down one goblin after the next, night after night. But can one man alone save Hanukkah and live to tell the tale?" --

Frances the badger foils her friend Thelma's plot to trick her out of a new china tea set and teaches her a lesson about friendship.

When Thor's magical hammer is stolen and everyone blames Loki, a trickster god who is trapped as an eleven-year-old boy, he is determined to prove his innocence but finds his judgment clouded by his jealousy over Valerie's new friend.

A poor Japanese woman maneuvers events to change the lazy habits of her son.

As Senor Calavera prepares for Grandma Beetle's birthday he finds an alphabetical assortment of unusual presents, but with the help of Zelmiro the Ghost, he finds the best gift of all.

"Fox really, really wants to win the jumping contest. He knows just where hell put that first-place trophy. The only problem? Fox is not a very good jumper. But he is a very good schemer. . . .The irrepressible fox (sort of) wins and (sort of) gets his comeuppance in this hilarious modern-day trickster tale" Cover-flap.