William Mayne, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $14.95 (182p) ISBN 978-0-385-29626-7
The mood of the three short stories in this volume swings from a dark, somber intensity in the title story to thought-provoking mysticism in ``Boy to Island,'' and to light enchantment in ``Stony Ray.'' ``All the King's Men'' is narrated by a dwarf...
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William Mayne, Author Delacorte Press $13.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-440-50126-8
Mayne's All the King's Men showed off his mastery of the short story form as well as his riveting poetic style, all accomplished in a period setting. This new book stands in contrast to that one: a contemporary novel about a family nearly consumed...
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William Mayne, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $13.95 (166p) ISBN 978-0-385-29977-0
Kidnapped by eagles, five-year-old Antar is on an extraordinary quest: he must become an eagle, learn to fly and rescue the egg that will hatch into the next Great Eagle of the Mountains. Many years before, when eagles and humans had lived on the...
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William Mayne, Author Yearling Books $3.25 (0p) ISBN 978-0-440-40381-4
The young hero of this historical adventure survives the winter wilderness with the help of the Indians he'd been taught to despise. Ages 9-12. (Dec.)
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William Mayne, Author Yearling Books $3.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-440-41055-3
An adventure tale set in New Zealand, this ``thought-provoking'' novel ``offers suspense mixed with spiritual values and philosophical questioning,'' said PW. Ages 9-12. (Jan.)
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William Mayne, Author Prentice Hall $0 (0p) ISBN 978-0-13-172602-4
Disch's most recent book for young readers was that witty technological tall tale, The Brave Little Toaster; this new story is probably limited to fans of his adult SF writingswho may find it too didactic. Dan De Lion is a dandelion who believes...
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William Mayne, Author Prentice Hall $9.95 (26p) ISBN 978-0-13-395880-5
Early one morning, after a night of hunting, a mother fox returns to her children's nest beneath a house to find that their home is being torn down. She creeps to her cubs and hushes them; then the four of them quietly slither away. But, as the...
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William Mayne, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $14 (197p) ISBN 978-0-385-30904-2
The tide is so low that Charlie and his friend Wiremu are able to venture far out on the sands, where they discover a sunken boat. When a tidal wave threatens to engulf them, however, the boys, along with Charlie's little sister Elisabeth, are swept
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William Mayne, Author DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) $15.95 (140p) ISBN 978-1-56458-713-8
Appearing in his first full-length novel, Hob, the benevolent house ghost who has previously appeared in the British author's picture books, here adopts a family moving into an old country house. Unbeknownst to Mr. and Mrs. Grimes, their new home,...
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William Mayne, Author, Jonathan Heale, Illustrator, Johnathan Heale, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-75281-4
This British import about two piggies going to market develops into a grand tug-of-war between greed and gluttony. At first Spowk and Boark, the old married porks, with their awkward airs of gentility, seem devoted to each other. However, when...
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