Follows the activities of two children spending their summer vacation on an island off the coast of Maine.

The noisy children of three neighboring families have a gay time at Christmas baking cookies, cutting and decorating trees, eating fruitcake and tarts, and opening Christmas gifts.

Norman, the doorman of a mouse hole in an art museum, uses his own art talent and finds a way to see the art treasures in the galleries upstairs.

While chasing a dumpling, a little lady is captured by wicked creatures from whom she escapes with the magic for becoming the richest woman in Japan.

A toy bear who wants a pocket for himself searches for one in a laundromat.

Minerva Louise, a snow-loving chicken, mistakes a pair of mittens for two hats to keep both ends warm.

Madeline and the other girls travel to London to visit their former neighbor on his birthday.

Morris discovers one last present under the Christmas tree that is much better than his brother Victor's hockey outfit, his sister Rose's beauty kit, and his sister Betty's chemistry set.

Ruby tries to keep her brother Max from eating so many sweets by reading him an altered version of the story of King Midas.