Eight delightful tales of heart-warming fun and adventure. Stories include "King Donkey Ears", "The Enormous Turnip", "Danny the Dragon", "The Inch Prince", "Androcles and the Lion", "Stone Soup", "The Clumsy Crocodile" and "The Sorcerers Apprentice". Each story is brilliantly illustrated by artists from the Usborne Young Reading Programme.

Chapters in this book include:
- King Donkey Ears
- The Enormous Turnip
- Danny the Dragon
- The Inch Prince
- Androcles and the Lion
- Stone Soup
- The Clumsy Crocodile
- The Sorcerers Apprentice