Dying of envy for the creatures with long tails who can kill flies just by a switch of their tail, Brer Rabbit marches right up to God’s door and asks God for a long tail. But God thinks he created rabbits just right the first time.

The Gold family was so poor they didn’t have candles for Chanukah, not even a dreidel for the children to play with until … a duck came a tap – tap – tapping at their door in the middle of winter and with a beautiful brass dreidel on his beak. A miracle … who knows … but the Golds had a Chanukah complete with dreidel games and potato latkes.

A young girl earns the rights to a new pair of boots when she braves a winter storm and a hungry wolf to fetch help for her desperately ill mother.

Fourteen year old Kareem is sent away to London by his mother to flee the endless war between her country, Eritrea, and Ethiopia. Though he makes the dangerous journey safely, he finds London a hostile and lonely place. But, he is determined to work hard so that he can bring his mother out of Eritrea someday.

Luther Tarbox had a pure tenor voice and when a fog bank rolled in over Buzzard’s bay, his voice helped one boat after another find safety.

A charming series of stories where fairy tales are stood on the head. Each night, little Dinah Price climbs the stairs at bedtime only to find a new fairy tale character in her bed. Each time she must tell them their tale, but she cleverly mixes them up until each character gets insulted, or confused and leaves.

Once upon a time a magician made a horse our of cloths… A clever story based on a common expression but with a very different interpretation.

There was once a woman who decided to save parts of her life till later… A clever story based on a common expression but with a very different interpretation.

Jeremiah Obadiah Jackenory Jones sets out in the dark woods to find out who stole his grandma’s freshly made jam tarts. Along the way he meets a host of fairy tale characters and with their help discovers the surprising identity of the thief.

A young boy is given the gift of a rainbow and uses it all to heal those he meets on his journey.