This book is a collection of interconnected stories that focuses on the adventure of a German spy, Heine. During WWI, the hapless Heine is attempting to be a good German spy in the United Kingdom. However, luck and circumstance are not on his side. Every adventure goes wrong for this intrepid spy. The book contains the following stories: Alexander and the Lady - The Man Who Dwelt on a Hill - The Lovely Miss Harrymore - The Affair of Mister Haynes - The Man from the Stars - The Affair of the Allied Conference - The Word of a Prince - The Jermyn Credit Bank - Mr. Collingrey, M.P., Pacifist - The Grey Envelope - The Murderers - The Passing of Heine - The U-Boat Adventure - Brethren of the Order - The World Dictator - The Syren - The Coming of the Bolsheviks - The Going of Heine.

Bored by the monotony of their humdrum barnyard lives, a trio of friends hop onto a bicycle seat for a series of madcap adventures with imprisoned geese, stranded cows and Red Sea pirates.

Goods friends always stick together. Charlie Rooster, Johnny Mouse, and Percy the pig are the best of friends. They do everything together. They ride their bike together, play games together, and even do their chores together. Because that's what good friends do. When night falls, though, and it's time to go to bed, they learn that sometimes friends have to be apart. But that's okay, because true friends always find each other, even if it's just in their dreams.

Max is a gentle rhinoceros, but his father tells him he must toughen up for the challenges of a hard life. Max takes his father's advice and locks himself up in armor without a key. When he rescues a princess in distress, everything changes dramatically--with fine and funny results. Full color.

Journey through the night sky on a poetic trip that blends adventure, imagination and science to teach the basics of our solar system. Includes endnotes about the planets, stars, moons, constellations and even a little mythology.