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.

The adventures of Peter Rabbit, Johnny Chuck, Reddy Fox, the Merry Little Breezes, and all their companions in the fields, the woods, and the streams.

Peter Rabbit hears the story of how old Mr. Squirrel became thrifty, why Johnny Chuck sleeps all winter, and other interesting tales.

Two mice, each without the other's knowledge, help a pumpkin grow into "the biggest pumpkin ever"--but for different purposes.

Favor Johnson's dog, Hercules, is injured on Christmas Eve, and his neighbor, a physician, saves Hercules life. From then on Favor Johnson makes house-to-house deliveries of homemade fruitcake on Christmas Eve and brings neighborliness and generosity to a Vermont village at Christmas time.

Seven-year-old Vicky Austin recounts the events of the twenty-four days before Christmas, as she prepares for her role as an angel in the Christmas Pageant and prays that her mother will not be in the hospital for Christmas having a new baby.

A sorcerer's apprentice has to complete several difficult tasks before dawn in order to obtain a missing ingredient for one of his master's spells.

Left alone for a week at their family's summer home on a Maine island, eleven-year-old Allegra and her two sisters scrounge for food and search for the treasure rumored to be hidden somewhere on the premises.

Seven supernatural stories, all having something to do with death.

Katie can't find the right thing for her toy panda to wear until her mother comes up with the perfect solution.