Timid and small for her age, nine-year-old Elizabeth Ann discovers her own abilities and gains a new perception of the world around her when she goes to live with relatives on a farm in Vermont.
When his mother gets angry over the mess he has made and he decides to run away with his friend Blackboard Bear, Anthony discovers that the woods can be a very scary place.
Blackboard Bear helps a small boy build a spaceship for a trip to the moon, but when the boy packs so many supplies there is no room for him, the bear goes alone.
The little green witch's three friends are too lazy to help her tend the pumpkin seeds she has planted, but when they all want to eat the pumpkin pie that she makes, the witch exacts her revenge. Inspired by the story of the Little red hen.