The Apple Stone

It was an odd-looking apple —dull yellow and crinkled all over with age— but it had a nice smell. And, as they soon learned, that's not all it had. "It's Magic," said Missie. The others— her older brother Jeremy, her sister Jo, and their cousins, Douglas and Nigel—scoffed. BUT..."A very sensible thing to say," said the apple stone, and went on to admit modestly that, "One touch from me animates the inanimate." As good as its word, the apple stone, with its remarkable and sometimes dangerous talent, led the five of them into one incredible adventure after another with things that were never meant to be alive: the leopard-skin rug, a model rocket ship, and a bookend in the shape of an elephant, to mention only a few. Lots of surprises and zany humor highlight this charming fantasy, in which the true-to-life quality of the gang— bossy Jeremy, Missie, Jo, and the quarreling cousins—adds to the fun.