Anansi the Spider uses a strange moss-covered rock in the forest to trick all the other animals, until Little Bush Deer decides he needs to learn a lesson.

The North Wind's magical gifts to Peter, recompense for blowing away the flour needed to feed him and his poor mother, mysteriously lose their magic before Peter gets them home.

Retells the familiar tale in which one of three brother pigs survives a wolf's attacks by using his head and planning well.

A little girl walking in the woods finds the house of the three bears and helps herself to their belongings.

"As legend has it, the storyteller Aesop was a slave who lived in ancient Greece during the sixth century B.C. His memorable fables have brought amusing characters to life and driven home thought-provoking morals for generations of readers. Full of humor, insight, and wit, the fables champion the value of hard work and perseverence, compasson for others, and honesty. They are age-old wisdom in a delicious form, for the consumption of adults and children...

A poor woodcutter's children, lost in the forest, come upon a house made of bread, cakes, and candy, occupied by a wicked witch who likes to have children for dinner.

A collection of short moral tales first told by the Greek slave Aesop.

A poor peasant woman who has no money for gifts or a special meal for her children gets help from a kindly mother spider on Christmas.

A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.

When Lucida is unable to finish her gift for the Baby Jesus in time for the Christmas procession, a miracle enables her to offer the beautiful flower we now call the poinsettia.