This story follows Toinette, a girl often unkind to her siblings, who helps an elf named Thistle and receives magic fern seeds that grant invisibility. Initially thrilled, she uses the seeds but is heartbroken to overhear her family expressing relief at her absence due to her grumpy nature. This motivates Toinette to genuinely change her behavior over the next year, becoming kinder and improving her relationships. When she uses the seeds again the following Christmas, she joyfully overhears her siblings expressing love and planning surprises for her, illustrating the powerful lesson that kindness and positive behavior transform relationships and lead to true happiness, far more valuable than magical powers.

This charming story features a narrator who meets Mr. Frog by a brook and listens as he explains his own life cycle. Mr. Frog describes starting as a tiny egg in jelly, becoming a tadpole with a tail, growing legs (back then front), losing his tail, and developing his adult features like a long tongue and spotted skin. He shares that he now lives by the brook with his family and toad cousins, singing to their tadpole children about the transformation awaiting them, offering a simple, engaging introduction to metamorphosis.

"Train ABC" uses each letter of the alphabet to introduce children to the exciting world of trains and railways. This rhyming journey covers everything from the train's arrival ('A') and parts like the 'Engine' ('E') and 'Wheels' ('W'), to the people involved like the 'Conductor' ('C') and 'Operator' ('O'), aspects of the trip such as the 'Journey' ('J') and 'Station' ('S'), and even safety points like 'X-crossing' ('X'), providing a fun and educational overview of train vocabulary from A to Z.

While their owner Marcella is away, the nursery dolls come to life, learning from Fido the dog about newborn kittens hidden in the barn by a protective Mamma Cat who initially distrusts him. Upon returning, the kind and wise Raggedy Ann encourages trust between Fido and Mamma Cat and persuades the mother cat to bring the kittens into the nursery, assuring her the family is kind. Marcella is thrilled to discover the kittens the next morning, names them, and gets to keep them, demonstrating themes of trust, friendship between different creatures, and overcoming fear.

In "Uncle Wiggily's New Year's Horn," the kind rabbit gentleman, Uncle Wiggily, overhears children discussing their plans to blow horns on New Year's Eve, but notices a poor boy, Jimmy, and his sister will be left out as they have no horns. Feeling empathetic, Uncle Wiggily resourcefully acquires recently shed horns from Billie the goat boy and, with Nurse Jane's help, transforms them into unique musical "tooters." He secretly leaves these special horns for Jimmy and his sister, allowing them to joyfully join the other children in celebrating and welcoming the New Year, highlighting themes of kindness, resourcefulness, and the importance of including everyone in celebrations.

This "Farm Animal ABC" resource uses a simple A-to-Z format to introduce young children to a diverse range of animals, primarily those found on farms, but also including some nearby wildlife like foxes and mice. Each letter is paired with an animal and a brief rhyming couplet describing a characteristic or function, such as chickens laying eggs, goats providing milk, or oxen ploughing fields. It's an engaging tool for teaching the alphabet and familiarising preschoolers and early learners with various creatures and basic concepts related to farm life through simple language and rhythm.

In this charming story, Mother Nature observes the messy world left behind by King Winter and decides it needs cleaning before the gentler parts of Spring, represented by April and May, arrive. She enlists the help of boisterous March, who uses the East Wind to bring rain to wash away snow, the West Wind to clear the skies, and the South Wind to awaken seeds, trees, brooks, and call back the robins. The tale uses personification to explain the energetic, sometimes messy, transition from winter to spring, portraying March as the active force preparing the world for warmer weather and new growth.

"The Christmas Promise" tells the story of a talented harper who is summoned to play for the king, leaving behind his beloved wife, child, and dog. Before leaving, he makes a solemn promise to return home by Christmas Day to share pudding and songs by their fireside. Despite the king's luxurious treatment and tempting offers of a fine horse, a magical money tree, and even royal status to make him stay, the harper remains steadfast, repeatedly stating his promise to his family. He bravely faces a perilous journey home through heavy snow, biting wind, and a dark forest, driven by his commitment, and ultimately arrives safely to a joyous reunion, proving the profound value of keeping promises and prioritizing family love over wealth and fame.

"Halloween ABC" is a delightful alphabet book designed to introduce young children to the fun and festive traditions of Halloween. Using each letter from A to Z, the story playfully highlights key Halloween concepts, characters, and activities, such as Autumn leaves, carving pumpkins (Jack-o'-lanterns), spooky figures like Dracula and Ghosts, the excitement of costumes (Outfits) and Masks, and the popular practice of Trick-or-treating, making it an engaging way to build vocabulary and familiarity with the holiday.

In this story, a little girl named Marcella engages in imaginative play, treating her dolls for various pretend illnesses with a "medicine" made of sugar and water. While Raggedy Ann, Raggedy Andy, and other rag dolls with painted mouths only receive pretend bandages for sprains or headaches, the French doll, with her open mouth and mechanical eyes, actually gets the sticky liquid poured inside. Left alone overnight after a particularly intense "illness," the dolls come to life to discover the French doll's eyes are stuck shut from the hardened sugar syrup. After failed attempts, clever Raggedy Andy deduces the cause, and working together, the dolls remove the French doll's hair, wash the sticky residue from inside her head, fix her eyes, and put her back together, all before Marcella returns, unaware of their resourceful problem-solving adventure.