Santa's oldest elf and Blitzen, a retired reindeer, help Santa out for one last Christmas.

James Stevenson remembers his family life during his ninth year, particularly a summer car trip through several states in the West.

With the help of her friends, and after a few false starts, a young witch named Emma learns to fly on her broom.

Tossed in garbage cans after they are replaced by new toys at Christmas, a teddy bear and a doll are befriended by a stray dog.

The worst person particularly dislikes Christmas until his neighbor's kindness triggers a happy accident that forces him to participate in the holiday festivities.

Grumpy Mr. Worst, the worst person in the world, leaves for Florida to avoid the bother of his town's Harvest Festival

Each animal who lives in a little village celebrates Valentine's Day in a different way.

Matt visits his grandfather, who operates the Zamboni at the hockey rink, and on his last night there, he becomes the youngest Zamboni driver of all time.

In the 1860's James Stevenson emigrated to Queensland, Australia, and found work as a "stockman" (cowboy) on the "cattle station" (ranch) of a "squatter" who had a large extent of land in the "bush" ( scrubland) along the Upper Burdekin river. In 1880, Stevenson described his adventurous life as a stockman herding "mobs" of cattle in the Australian outback in his book "Seven Years in the Australian Bush." Stevenson would have many run-ins with the...

Emma struggles in her New Year's resolution to be nicer to the other witches, as they persist in being dreadful to her.