Miranda asks her godmother, a witch, to turn her into something other than a princess then, as a frog, Miranda discovers how much fun life--and love--can be. Includes puzzles and notes for adults.

Otto lives in a book in a house but when no one is looking he comes to life to read his favorite stories and practice his writing, until he is left behind and must set out in search of a new home.

Cat, Dog, and Mouse live together contentedly in a cottage by the sea, dividing the work between them, until A. Stranger, Esq., a fox from the Winds of Change company, arrives and stirs up trouble.

Bored with doing the same thing all the time, Number Three quits and sets out to see what else he might do then, after trying many other possibilities, finally finds the perfect job.

A poor young boy in China yearns for wealth and power, until a magician gives him a magic pillow that brings dreams of what would happen if his wishes came true.

Through a series of flip-up postcards addressed to his family, Sunny Meerkat documents his travels as he searches for the perfect place for him to live.

"Their passion will consume everything-- and everyone-- in its path. I'm on a train. I don't know which stop I got on at I only know the train is going fast and the world outside becomes a blur. I should get off but I don't. The universe is playing a cosmic joke on me. Here I had my life a good life with everything a woman could want and suddenly there is something more I didn't know I could have. A chance for me to be satisfied and content and maybe...

Little Ruby always wants one more of just about everything until she learns that more sometimes is too much.

While learning the secret to a good life, a child says thank you for the natural world and for being loved, because a grateful heart is always happy.

Although he enjoys some aspects of his retirement, eight-year-old Brian gains a new perspective on his job of being a child after spending time in Florida's Happy Sunset Retirement Community.