Little William Everett Crocodile and his friend Pete take a class trip to a Cairo museum where they encounter a jewel thief

While his wife is away, a lazy man relies on a pooka to clean up the messes that he and his friends make

At the request of a kind duke's loving daughter, La Colomba, a pure white bird, braves the bitter winter of the northern Italian mountains to sing for the gravely ill man

Strega Nona sends home gifts of candy and bubble bath while on vacation, but when Bambolona grabs the candy, Big Anthony is left with a lot of bubbles.

A rival puts Strega Nona out ot the healing business until Big Anthony's assistance inadvertently sabotages the newcomer in his usual well-meaning way

Big Anthony plans a surprise Christmas party for Strega Nona. "It's Christmas time in Calabria and with Strega Nona's annual feast around the corner, she has no time for her usual magical tasks. Christmas has a magic of its own, and no one knows magic like Strega Nona does, especially Big Anthony. But with the clock ticking on her preparations, will Big Anthony finally be able to prove that he can be counted on with some magic of his own?"--

A once-famous Italian juggler, now old and a beggar, gives one final performance before a statue of Our Lady and the Holy Child

Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins and their fifteen children, a rabbit family, work together to plant their garden

While observing the busy world around them, two children and their grandfather take a moment to appreciate being quiet and still.

"Young Jack meets a host of animals on his way to ask the king for a house"--