When three hungry soldiers come to a town where all the food has been hidden, they set out to make soup of water and stones, and all the town enjoys a feast.

This is the story of a little cat who came to the home of a poor Japanese artist and, by humility and devotion, brought him good fortune

Two fifth-grade girls, one of whom is the first black child in a middle-income suburb, play at being witches.

An African folktale tells how the sun and water once lived on earth as friends, but because the sun failed to build his house large enough, he and his wife, the moon, were driven into the sky when the water came to visit them.

A little boy's dream-fantasy in which he helps three fat bakers get milk for their cake batter.

A shy, lonely six-year-old wanders into the Canadian prairie and spends a summer under the protection of a badger

It is 1932 and a money runner is carrying the week's take -- $11,000 -- from an illegal gambling outfit in Joliet, Illinois, to the main office. On the way, three men con him out of the take. Mob boss Doyle Lonnegan discovers who pulled the job, and exacts revenge by having one of the con men, Luther Coleman thrown from a window. Lonnegan also orders a hit on Luther's partner, Johnny Hooker. To escape Lonnegan's wrath, Hooker goes to Chicago, to meet...

On her way to deliver a basket of food to her sick grandmother, Elisabeth encounters a sly wolf.

A round of uneasy hospitality results when Mouse and Dog arrive at Cat's house for dinner.

Three bears return home from a walk to find a little girl asleep in baby bear's bed.