At the first annual meeting of WOOF--Words of Our Friends--assorted dogs preserve their heritage by sharing tales of canines throughout history, including Abu, who ruled all of Egypt except for one pesky cat, and Zippy, who simply must find the squeaky toy.

A compilation of folktales from twenty different cultures, each of which contains elements suited to storytelling for young children.

A group of toys, left out at night for the first time, begins to be afraid but the WonderDoll distracts them by weaving a story of lost toys, space travel, and a strange alien.

Gerald the elephant tells his best friend Piggie a long, crazy story about how he broke his trunk.

Grandfather tells a story about shape-changing fox fairies who try to best each other until a hunter brings danger to both of them.

Grandpa playfully recounts a familiar fairytale--or his version, at least--to his granddaughter, and try as she might to get him back on track, he keeps on adding things to the mix, resulting in an unpredictable tale that comes alive as it is being told.

A narrator's story is disrupted by the main character (Panda) who refuses to play the part.

"A girl is transformed by the magical power of stories through the shared memories of a kind "witch" named Hazel"--

"A young girl hears stories from her aunties and then begins to imagine all the possibilities for her future"--