After losing the majority of his wealth, the doctor receives word that an epidemic among monkeys is spreading throughout Africa and makes the voyage to confront the plague-ridden continent. Upon being shipwrecked with his animal crew, a slew of tribulations and adventures ensue in a classic story that has captivated readers young and old for nearly a century.

Selections from the over 600 stories which, according to legend, Shaharazad told a mighty king as a way to save the lives of the girls of her land. Includes stories of the voyages of Es-Sindibad, the magic horse, the wonderful lamp, and Ali Baba and the thieves.

Chronicles the adventures of Paddy the Beaver and his animal friends.

A boy tending sheep on a lonely mountainside thinks it a fine joke to cry "wolf" and watch the people come running, until the day a wolf is really there and no one answers his call.

An illustrated version of the centuries-old English folk song.

A duck with a feather on his back leads his siblings with a "quack, quack, quack." End notes list the benefits of children's poems and songs.

The adventures of the three Darling children in Neverland with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. Includes extracts from the score of the original stage musical.

A retelling of the Mother Goose verse, with end notes listing the benefits of children's poems and songs.

A young orphaned girl is sent to live in a remote part of England and while exploring her new surroundings discovers an invalid boy and a secret garden.