Washoe County Library System

A child ventures out in the middle of the night to see how Harvey Potter grows his wonderful balloons.

Clever Beatrice seeks out Mister Le Pain, the village breadmaker, to come up with a plan to protect her pony from the tiny bearded lutin that magically rides him every night.

While visiting their mother's ranch, two brothers who constantly try to best each other swap tall tales about big winds and are surprised by the fiercest wind they have ever seen.

A young boy with a knack for creating unusual inventions when he should be helping his mother on the farm finds a use for them when he is made sheriff of a town in Kansas and must get rid of a gang of no-good bullies.

Five talented New Hampshire sisters try to care for a baby that one of them has carved out of granite.

Unusual from the day she is born, Thunder Rose performs all sorts of amazing feats, including building fences, taming a stampeding herd of steers, capturing a gang of rustlers, and turning aside a tornado.

Doña Flor, a giant lady with a big heart, sets off to protect her neighbors from what they think is a dangerous animal, but soon discovers the tiny secret behind the huge noise.

During an outing on the mysterious Bayou Clapateaux, Hugh Thomas catches a million fish.

Urso Brunov or Little Father, a bear the size of a thumb, saves a group of animals from a misguided baggy-trousered crybaby known as the Lord of all Sands.

Momma Mary tells stories about a special young man who does wondrous things, especially for the slaves on the Plenty Plantation.