In addition to being naughty and losing their company clothes, Tom and his two sisters indulge in rowdy behavior when they are sent upstairs as punishment.

Little Sal and Little Bear both lose their mothers while eating blueberries and almost end up with the other's mother

A little girl goes to the meadow to play, but each animal she tries to catch runs away from her--until she sits still by the pond, and they all come back A little girl goes to the meadow to play, but each animal she tries to catch runs away from her--until she sits still by the pond, and they all come back.

Momo eagerly waits for a rainy day so she can use the red boots and umbrella she received on her third birthday

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.

Meg the witch meets her friends for a Halloween party but something goes wrong with the spell they cast.

Dandelion overdresses for a come-as-you-are party and is turned away because the hostess does not recognize him

Johnny is leaving the farm because of hard times when his Journey Cake leads him on a merry chase that results in a farm yard full of animals and the family all together again

Relates the consequences of a stonecutter's foolish longing for power.

A small boy with a desire to own a candy shop meets a window-washing team of a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey and together they go to work for the wealthy Duke of Hampshire, who makes all their dreams come true.