A boy climbs to the top of a huge beanstalk, where he uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make his and his mother's fortune.

Lost in the woods, a tired and hungry girl finds the house of the three bears in the woods and helps herself to their belongings.

Retells the fable about an industrious ant that busily prepares for the approaching winter while a grasshopper makes no plans for the cold weather to come.

A child thinks of ways to have fun while waiting for the bus, at the doctor's office, and at other boring times during the day.

Leopard offers a special prize to the one who can count all of his beautiful spots, and is disappointed to find that many animals cannot count.

The little red hen finds none of the lazy barnyard animals willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the bread she makes from it.

"A child thinks of ways to have fun while waiting for the bus, at the doctor's office, and at other boring times during the day." --

When Chester asks his mother about the tiny lights he sees in the tall grass one summer, she teaches him the firefly song, which he keeps singing even in the fall, after the fireflies are gone.

"A retelling of the fable in which a young boy's false cries for help cause him problems when he is really in need of assistance." --

"When the town mouse and the city mouse visit each other, they discover they prefer very different ways of life." --