A little girl called Too Nice is sent by her playmates, Horrid and Very Horrid, to Baba Yaga the witch's hut to bring back a magical toad. Too Nice's doll, a gift from her mother, helps her on her mission.
Letters to and from Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, and other Beatrix Potter characters extend invitations to tea and record such events as the ousting of Samuel Whiskers from Farmer Potatoes' barn.
Seventy-year-old Sir Magnus, grandfather of a family of life-size rag dolls living in a house in England and pretending to be human, has a premonition that all of them will soon die and that they will return to being lifeless and useless.
A story designed to strengthen children's speaking and listening skills, in which a fairy doll tries to use her magic wand to keep the other toys from waking the children with their noise.
The Mouse family's pantry is bare, so Raggedy Ann, Raggedy Andy, and their friends come to the rescue by making a trip to the kitchen in the middle of the night.
Two girls lose interest in playing with their doll house after moving from London to Wales but the dolls in the house amuse themselves by telling stories about their exciting pasts.