Steven Kroll

One rainy day at school, a group of children works together to make up a story about their adventures with a tyrannosaurus.

Jenny draws, then writes, a story about losing and finding her pet guinea pig.

Poor Wilbur, the Easter Bunny, gets so sick that he almost misses his Easter deliveries.

Clayton and Desmond learn that by working together, they can find the biggest Christmas tree ever.

A brother and sister squirrel appreciate each other more after being exposed to their really naughty cousins at Thanksgiving dinner.

Worried that an early spring will ruin his ski lodge business, Roland Raccoon takes drastic steps to prevent Godfrey Groundhog from looking for his shadow on Groundhog Day.

"Kroll introduces four notable groups referred to by their enemies as barbarians: the Goths, the Huns, the Vikings, and the Mongols. In each case, he looks at the lives of common people within the group, their religious beliefs, their leaders, their history, and the results of their attacks on other civilizations"--Amazon.com.