Explores initiation rites, wedding feasts, harvest celebrations, religious rituals, and many other customs used around the world to mark all kinds of special occasions.

"World-renowned illustrator Robert Ingpen begins his magical journey through the world of classic children's stories with a mural he worked on for years, inspired by the great storybook characters. The original mural is more than 20 feet long, but Mr. Ingpen knew he had to find a way to turn that work into a book in its own right. This book contains some of his favorite quotations from the stories that inspired him, as well as a fold-out reproduction...

When two boys discover a box in their barn, the small bundle of papers within leads to an adventure involving a tiny people called The Hairy Peruvians.

Originally published in the 1850 Christmas edition of Dickens' journal Household Words, A Christmas Tree is considered to be one of Dickens's more autobiographical pieces. In it, decorations on the Christmas tree trigger the narrator's memories of Christmases past. This version of A Christmas Tree is part of Dreamscape's The Christmas Stories of Charles Dickens.

An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the otheranimals in the barnyard before he grows into a beautiful swan. An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals in the barnyard before he grows into a beautiful swan.