A boy the size of his father's thumb has a series of adventures, including stopping a pair of thieves, being swallowed by a cow, and tricking a wolf into bringing him back home.

An easy-to-read retelling of the classic tale of a tailor whose boast about killing seven flies at one blow leads him to even greater feats.

An easy-to-read retelling of a classic tale in which a strange man spins straw into gold, asks a huge reward, and offers a seemingly impossible way out of the deal.

The fisherman's greedy wife is never satisfied with the wishes granted her by an enchanted fish.

Relates some of the legends of Paul Bunyan, a lumberjack said to be taller than the trees.

A freshly baked gingerbread man escapes when he is taken out of the oven and eludes a number of pursuers until he meets a clever fox.

Mother Goat rescues six of her kids after they are swallowed by a wicked wolf.

The fisherman's greedy wife is never satisfied with the wishes granted her by an enchanted fish.

Relates episodes from the life of Johnny Appleseed, a peaceful man who roamed the West for fifty years planting and tending to the trees that bore his favorite fruit, the apple.