Madeline, smallest and naughtiest of the twelve little charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis.

When three hungry soldiers come to a town where all the food has been hidden, they set out to make soup of water and stones, and all the town enjoys a feast.

"Stanley Lambchop is whisked away to Paris, where he must help catch a mastermind art thief at the historical Louvre museum by posing a painting"--

Eloise experiences many adventures on her visit to Paris.

An overview of everyday life from 1639-1760 in New France, an area which included parts of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Quebec, as well as parts of several states in what is now the United States.

When elephant artist Hugo develops artist's block, his friend Miles convinces him to go along on a trip to Paris, where Hugo learns to see things in new ways.

During the Nazi occupation of France, Monique's mother hides a Jewish family in her basement and tries to help them escape to freedom.

After his grandmother dies, a boy with a talent as an acrobat finds a home at a monastery where he must give up his "carnival ways"--until he performs one last miraculous time.

Simplified retelling of the tale of Cinderella, a kitchen maid mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters who, with the help of her fairy godmother, attends the palace ball and meets the prince of her dreams.