Cat eats, sleeps, and spends his days alone. The other cats think he is a grumpy cat, but really--he's just a lonely cat. But that is all about to change when he meets Kitten.

Python has wrapped himself around the tree with its delicious fruit, and he won't share the fruit unless the animals can tell him the correct name of the tree.

"As the child of peasants, Karen grew up with a pair of simple red shoes. Then, when her parents died, Karen was adopted by a rich old woman who gave Karen a new pair of red shoes that would make princesses green with envy. This newfound wealth causes Karen to forget her humble origins and grow up to become a cruel and vain adult. Then, one day, the red shoes that sparked her greed come to life and steer Karen down a path she never would have imagined...

There was once a young girl whose only possessions were the clothes on her back and a piece of bread that some kind soul had given to her. But even these few things meant much to others less fortunate than herself.

Presents three adventures of Mowgli, the boy reared by a pack of wolves in an Indian jungle, including "Mowgli's brothers," Kaa's hunting," and "Tiger! Tiger!"

In this cumulative tale, a wakeful flea atop a number of sleeping creatures causes a commotion, with just one bite.

On a windy Halloween night as a boy is returning home through the woods after trick-or-treating, he hears scary noises behind him.

An illustrated collection of fourteen short stories featuring dragons and wizards, councilors and mayors, an adventurous tortoise and a monster in a lake, along with plenty of pointy hats and a few magic spells, written when the author was a teenaged newspaper reporter.

When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.