One ill-fated evening at the Reform Club, Phileas Fogg rashly bets his companions that he can travel around the entire globe in just eighty days -- and he is determined not to lose. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, the reserved Englishman immediately sets off for Dover, accompaned by his hot-blooded manservant Passepartout. Traveling by train, steamship, sailboat, sledge, and even elephant, they must overcome storms, kidnappings,...

The adventures of the puppet boy created by an old Italian woodcarver from a piece of wood that talked. Includes vocabulary notes in the margin, a brief biography of the author, and instructions for making a hand puppet.

Retells the adventures of Aladdin who, with the help of a genie from a magic lamp, outwits an evil sorcerer and wins the hand of a beautiful princess.

"...three Christmas spirits take Scrooge on a ghostly journey through life. Coming face to face with his past and present is bad enough, but what of his terrifying future?"--Cover, p. 4.

Contains three stories about out-of-control robots.

"It's Midsummer Night...In the woods outside Athens, two fairies are up to mischief. Their spells lead to chaos, confusion and a weaver with a head of a donkey. This is a magical retelling of one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies."--back cover.

Three stories about Captain Spike and his pirate friends.

Contains three different stories of fairies.