Henry Huggins picks up a stray dog, names him Ribsy and sets out on numerous adventures with him, incliding breeding hundreds of fish and collecting over a thousand worms.
Knowing how to read and write is not enough for Louis, a voiceless Trumpeter Swan; his determination to learn to play a stolen trumpet takes him far from his wilderness home.
A simplified retelling of the fate of Sara Crewe who, after her father's death leaves her penniless, loses her privileged status at Miss Minchin's London boarding school and endures many hardships and cruel treatment until she is helped by a mysterious benefactor.