Believing Is Seeing: Seven Stories

If you are unfamiliar with the author, these stories will provide an introduction to her writings. The stories have appeared previously in other collections. The seven fantasies are of different quality and subject matter, and cover 165 pages (including seven cover pages) in an easy-to-read font. I am looking at the hard-cover edition.I especially liked "What the Cat Told Me," a 22-page story about an unusual cat that becomes involved with wizards; and "The Girl Who Loved the Sun," about a girl who turns herself into a tree. Other readers will undoubtedly have their own favorites. The stories are suitable for pre-teen to teenage readers who enjoy fantasy literature.

I've read a whole bunch of other books from last summer to now, most of which I thought were very good. But I still love the stories Diana Wynne Jones has writen. I'm reread her Chrestomanci Quartet again and am looking for some further writings by Jones. She is all in all one of my favorite authors. I liked 'Enna Hittims'. A must for any death hard fan of Jones.

Just to add to Eleanor's review, since she hadn't read Enna Hittims: Anne, who is home sick with the mumps (and who is very bored), makes up the hero Enna, an inch-high girl armed with an enchanted sword, who has wonderful adventures in the changing scenery that is Anne's bed (including Anne covered up different ways with her blanket). There is a wonderful twist to the story when Anne makes countless drawings of Enna and her friends which results in Anne getting a turn at being a hero!Worth reading, because it sets one's mind working, trying to guess what might happen next, and the surprises are fun to find in these short stories.