Rumer Godden

In post-World War II London, two street-tough children attempt to build a hidden garden, an act that awakens hidden courage in the children and profoundly disrupts the neighborhood.

There is never any room for Bonnie, the baby mouse, in the flower pot, so she goes looking for a new mouse house.

As he tags along to his spoiled sister's ballet classes, Doone discovers and develops his own rare and special talents.

A poor old woman is rewarded for her kindness when she throws back into the lake a little fish purchased for her dinner.

After she is orphaned, seven-year-old Kizzy, who has lived as a Romany, or Gypsy, all her life, must face a small English town's intolerance and find herself a new home and family.