Ann Pilling

The green arches / Joan Aiken -- The Aztec opal / Rodrigues Ottolengui -- Wuthering Heights (an extract) / Emily Brontë -- The girl who kissed a peach tree (an Italian folktale) / Eleanor Farjeon -- The thing in the pond / Paul Ernst -- Smart ice cream / Paul Jennings -- The pelican / Ann Pilling -- The adventures of Johnnie Waverly / Agatha Christie -- The tower / Carl Jung -- The scythe / Ray Bradbury -- A sea above the sky / Thomas Wright -- A vine on the house / Ambrose Bierce -- The master / Diana Wynne Jones.

A ghost-story from award-winning novelist, Ann Pilling. Sam, Floss and Magnus spend their holidays with cousin Maude at the Abbey. On their first night, Magnus hears a woman crying. Investigating, he discovers the 16th-century portrait of Lady Alice Neale is now just an empty frame.

A collection of fourteen myths and legends from Greece, West Africa, Russia, and other parts of the world.

Nearly 100 stories from the Old and New Testaments.