When the tailor becomes sick and cannot finish the waistcoat for the Mayor, the mice finish it for him.

In this original edition, Peter and his sisters are told to go gather blackberries and not to go into MacGregor's garden because Peter's father was made into a pie by MacGregor after being found in the garden. Peter, who is wearing a new coat, promptly disobeys his mother, stuffs himself with vegetables, gets spotted by MacGregor, loses his coat and barely makes it out of the garden alive. When Peter gets home, he is given chamomile tea for dinner....

By the time the Velveteen Rabbit is dirty, worn out, and about to be burned, he has almost given up hope of ever finding the magic called Real.

An adaptation of the Perrault tale in which a clever cat secures the fortune of his rather dimwitted young owner.

An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.

A girl travels east of the sun and west of the moon to free her beloved prince from a magic spell.

Recounts some of the astounding adventures of the legendary New England sea captain who could tie an octopus in knots.

Two rascally weavers convince the emperor they are making him beautiful new clothes, visible only to those fit for their posts, but during a royal procession in which he first wears them, a child whispers that the emperor has nothing on.

Aladdin outwits an evil magician who first tries to trick him into handing over an old lamp with a genie inside and later steals Aladdin's wife and possessions.

Two Jamaican folk tales in which Anansi the spider practices his trickery on others.