Alfie Briggs is a burglar who likes to go home to a tasty breakfast after a hard night's thieving. One day he returns home to find his refrigerator empty and his cupboards bare. Someone's burgled his breakfast!

Retells the adventures of Aladdin who, with the help of a genie from a magic lamp, outwits an evil sorcerer and wins the hand of a beautiful princess.

"Prince Patrick wants to marry a real princess but they're not easy to find. Still, anything is possible with the help of a cousin, a witch and a pea..."

Contains four stories about princes and princesses. Princes and princesses go together like sea and sand. But what if you're the world's clumsiest prince? Or the smelliest? Or you're a princess who doesn't want to get married? Then things get a little tricky.

Describes where chocolate comes from as well as the history of processing and using it.

Contains three stories about ghosts.