Unlike other cygnets, Louis, the trumpeter swan, cannot utter a sound. But with the encouragement of his father, Louis sets out to overcome his problem. Louis goes to school and learns to read and write, but when he returns to the lakes and falls in love with beautiful Serena, he is upset that Serena can't read his sign, which says 'I love you'.

Features various fairy tales including: Chicken Licken , The Princess and the Bowling Ball ; The Really Ugly Duckling , and Jack's Bean Problem .

When the old miller dies, his youngest son has no means to make an honest living. All he has inherited is a cat. But what a cat it is! Equipped with an elegant pair of boots to give him the necessary swagger, Puss can talk them both into a fortune.

The bad-tempered ladybird picks fights with every animal he meets, but soon learns the importance of friends and turns into a far nicer, happier bug.

When Farmer Brown starts to receive typed notes from his cows demanding electric blankets, his problems are only just beginning. This story for children from the age of two reveals how Farmer Brown manages when he hears his cows go click, clack, moo as they type all day long.

Only a child has the courage to speak the truth about the Emporer's lack of clothes, in this retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's traditional fairy-tale. The illustrator sets the tale in a small kingdom around the year 1913, featuring fashions of the period and an early motor car.