I stumbled across Jay Williams when "The King With Six Friends" was recommended, but it didn't bowl me over. This is more to my taste: a magical kingdom which is essentially New York City, urbane, good-hearted characters, and appealing illustrations. The stories are about the same group of people in the same kingdom, so it's not a random short story collection, more like a very very very short episodic novel. Charming!

(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s). ( )