A little princess is protected by her friend Curdie from the goblin miners who live beneath the castle.

Five British children discover in their new carpet an egg, which hatches into a phoenix that takes them on a series of fantastic adventures around the world.

When four brothers and sisters discover a Psammead, or sand-fairy, in the gravel pit near the country house where they are staying, they have no way of knowing all the adventures its wish-granting will bring them.

When she finds large muddy footprints in the city park, a little girl investigates and tracks the monster to it's lair.

A little girl wakes up to find that her house is a total mess, the kitchen raided and everything turned upside down--surely a monster has been at work.

Introduces the color blue through a young girl's description of her day at the beach.

Introduces the color green through a young girl's description of a hike that she takes through the forest with her grandmother.

A child spends a happy afternoon with his grandparents, noticing all the things that are yellow.

A guide to spending and saving for kids, providing information about different denominations of money, showing how to add and subtract money through the experiences of a boy spending money on entertainment, and discussing the concept of value

Sam learns a lesson in being responsible when he neglects to feed the class rabbit before school and has to give up his recess time to take care of the job.