An abridgement of the tale in which a girl proves that she is a real princess by feeling a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds. Includes historical notes about Hans Christian Anderson and the original fairy tale.

A poor shoemaker becomes succesful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night.

A grandmother tells the story of her eventful life in early twentieth-century Europe and her arrival in the United States after World War II.

A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk where he uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make his and his mother's fortune.