In a moment of fright Silvestre the donkey asks his magic pebble to turn him into a rock but then cannot hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again.
Contains three stories by William Steig, including "The Amazing Bone," "Brave Irene," and "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble," and features an interview with the author.
Yorick Bede, warned away from the lab by his alchemist father, disobeys and accidently shrinks himself down to toy size, much to the delight of his little brother Charles.