A surprisingly prophetic science fiction story, first published in 1870, about an electric submarine, its mysterious captain, and the adventures of a French scientist and his companions have while prisoners on board the boat.

Describes the life of a deer in the forest as he grows into a beautiful stag.

Momo undertakes a dangerous journey from the mountains of Tibet to the city of Calcutta, in search of her stolen dog Pempa.

A little duck finds adventure on the Yangtze River when he is too late to board his master's houseboat one evening; the king must choose the most beautiful egg laid by three hens, one of which he will then make a princess; adopted by woodchucks at birth, a baby goose never feels she truly belongs--until the day she discovers she can fly; a duck decides to ride a bike and soon influences all the other animals on the farm to ride bikes too; although...