Things That Sometimes Happen Very Short Stories for Little Listeners

Here are a few things that sometimes happen:HAPPY THINGSAn unpopular Black Crayon proves to a Little Girl how useful he really is.SAD THINGSOn a very hot day, an Ice-Cream Cone waits...and waits...to be eaten.EXCITING THINGSA Papa catches cold, so his Little Boy gets to go to work instead!These nine very short stories for very young readers -- culled from Newbery Honor author Avi's first book and illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist Marjorie Priceman -- ingeniously capture the funny, surprising spirit of a child's imagination.

Some pretty amazing things have happened to Avi. It all began in 1970, with Things That Sometimes Happen, his first book. His novels include two Newbery Honor Books, Nothing but the Truth and The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, also the winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. Avi's fifty books tell mysterious, fantastical, and historical tales, and even an animal tale or two, like Poppy (also a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award recipient) and The Christmas Rat. He lives with his family in Denver, Colorado.