Elizabeth Winthrop

A little girl finds so many things to do before she is ready for bed that she is the last of her family to fall asleep.

Twelve-year-old William uses the magic token to return, through the toy castle in his attic, to the medieval land of Sir Simon, which is now menaced by a skeleton ship bearing a plague of ravenous rats.

After quarreling over a doll, two girls come to realize that people make the best friends.