Relates how Hershel outwits the goblins that haunt the old synagogue and prevent the village people from celebrating Hanukkah.

When her father uses weed killer on their lawn, Lisa dreams that the goblin in the grass that her grandmother told her about will come after her because his home is threatened--and this is just one of the scary stories in this collection.

While trying to heal a cursed tree she planted at the High Mountain Renaissance Fair, Keelie Heartwood loses a very important book of magic. Even though the elves, including her boyfriend, question her loyalty, it is still up to Keelie, her human friends, dragons, and faeries to defeat an army of invading goblins before they destroy the world.

"What should have been an ordinary Danish Christmas for twelve-year-old Bettina Larsen and her baby sister, Pia, quickly turns extraordinary when unexpected events take their parents away for a few days, leaving Bettina in charge of the house, the barn, and baby Pia. In all the confusion, Bettina's family neglects to set out the traditional bowl of Christmas rice pudding for the tiny nisse, a gnome-like creature who's rumored to look after the family...

Maia, the youngest, half-goblin son of the Emperor has lived his entire life in exile, distant from the Imperial Court and the deadly intrigue that suffuses it. But when his father and three sons in line for the throne are killed in an "accident," he has no choice but to take his place as the only surviving rightful heir. Entirely unschooled in the art of court politics, he has no friends, no advisors, and the sure knowledge that whoever assassinated...

A grumpy goblin hates having unicorns as neighbors, but when dragons threaten his home and the unicorns come to the rescue, he has to admit that maybe unicorns are not so bad after all.

Twelve-year-olds Tinn and Cole, raised as human twins in sleepy Endsborough, risk their lives in the Wild Wood, Oddmire Swamp, and the Deep Dark to learn which is a goblin changeling with an important mission.

General Baltus Blackpool enacts his revenge for his wife's untimely death by placing the nation of Vorclaw under his military control and begins to hunt down the rulers of Vorclaw, know as The Council of Twelve. The Queen of the Goblins wants her own revenge against the Blackpool brothers, even at the expense of losing her love.

Military officer Baltus Blackpools plans to enact his revenge for the death of his wife by dismantling the decadent ruling council of Vorclaw by building his own cult. Baltus' son, Dru, and his companions, the elf Leif and Bjorn, a human, join Baltus Blackpool's army but are soon caught up in their own adventures involving deceit, magic, and a quest to save Leif from a vampiress and her arch-goblin hoards!

Two pixies are double trouble for Violet, Leon, and their fairy friend Sprite. They have to find a way to trick Bogey Bill, a goblin who loves Halloween and scaring people, and Buttercup, who has cast a spell on the whole school that has all the children hiccuping uncontrollably. With the help of a good fairy named Robert B. Gnome, they come up with a way to deal with both at once.