When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.

One summer's day, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries - and comes home with a dog. But Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog. It's because of Winn-Dixie that Opal begins to make friends. And it's because of Winn-Dixie that she finally dares to ask her father about her mother, who left when Opal was three. In fact, as Opal admits, just about everything that happens that summer is because of Winn-Dixie.

Bremen town musicians: In this spirited tale from the Brothers Grimm, four animals begin new lives as musicians and unwittingly disband a company of robbers along the way. Finn McCoul: The hilarious legend in which the famous Irish hero Finn McCoul and his clever wife Oonagh defeat the brutish giant Cucullin once and for all. Koi and kola nuts: Bright African folk tale about the proud son of a chief who sets out to find his rightful place in the...

Pinocchio: An Italian folktale about a puppet who magically comes to life. Tom Thumb: A poor, but generous couple, is rewarded with a son the size of the husband's thumb. They name him Tom Thumb, and try to protect him from the perils of the world. Nevertheless, little Tom--given his adventurous spirit and mischievous nature--gets into many interesting situations.

Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when a mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve and an unpopular teacher goes missing.

Anne Shirley is an eleven-year-old orphan who has hung on determinedly to an optimistic spirit and a wildly creative imagination through her early deprivations. She erupts into the lives of aging brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a girl instead of the boy they had sent for. Thus begins a story of transformation for all three; indeed the whole rural community of Avonlea comes under Anne's influence in some way. We see her grow from a...