A once-famous Italian juggler, now old and a beggar, gives one final performance before a statue of Our Lady and the Holy Child.

In Gubbio, Italy, Saint Francis shows the villagers that neither wealth nor strength are as powerful as love and compassion.

A baker loses his daughter but gains a bakery in the grand city of Milano after meeting a determined nobleman and baking a unique loaf of bread.

With full page color illustrations from the Disney animated film of 1940, this is the story of Pinocchio, a puppet, Geppetto the toy store owner who created him, the Blue Fairy who brought the puppet to life and Jiminy Cricket who tells the story of their adventures.

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.

In "Strega Nona" Big Anthony finds himself knee-deep in trouble - and pasta - when he uses Strega Nona's magic pasta pot without her permission. In "Silvestre y la piedrecita magica," the Dunan family is beside itself when son Sylvester turns himself into a rock to escape the jaws of a hungry lion. In "Los patitos encuentran un hogar", Mrs. Mallard after raising her ducklings on an island in the Charles River in Boston, leads her brood to their permanent...