Oxford University Press

Tells stories about all kinds of ghosts, including children, pilots, dogs, monkeys, wagons, busses.

Are men cleverer than women? Is a poor man cleverer than a rich man? And what about teachers? Are they always cleverer than their students? The people in these six well-known folk tales from around the world all want to be clever. But are some of them just stupid?

It is the year 2030, and an e-mail message arrives at the New York Cafe: "I want to help people and make them happy!" But not everybody is happy about the e-mail, and soon the police and the president are very interested in the New York Cafe.

Ellen Shore's family is an ordinary American family, and Ellen is six years old when her brother Al is born. Her parents are very pleased to have a son, but Ellen is not pleased, because now baby Al comes first. And when they are adults, Al still comes first. He begins a rock band and makes records. Soon he is rich and famous -- very rich, but he gives nothing to his sister Ellen. She has a difficult life, with three young kids and very little money....