Edward Ardizzone

This novel is told from the point of view of Philip Pirrip, nicknamed Pip, who begins his tale as a young boy visiting the graves of his parents when an escaped convict happens upon him and threatens him into helping him get food. This experience will have a huge impact on Pip's life, although just how huge is left to be discovered until much later in the novel. Pip soon finds himself in the service of an eccentrically, manically wounded old woman...

Sarah and Simon do all they can to help their parents, but when their father, an artist, needs red paint to complete his masterpiece and the art store owner refuses him credit, they do not know where to turn.

While spending a bird-watching summer on Fire Island, the Pye family acquires a small black kitten that can use a typewriter.

Two little girls who love to draw witches build an elaborate world around the imaginary Old Witch and her family.