Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel -- a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.

Five New Yorkers have received an anonymous, mysterious invitation to the Fifth Avenue Story Society: executive assistant Lexa; broken-hearted Professor Jett; Uber driver Chuck; widower Ed; and Coral, a cosmetics empire scion. None of the five one knows who sent the invitations, and they suspect they're victims of a practical joke. No one has heard of the literary society, and no one is prepared to share their deepest secrets with a roomful of strangers....

At first, twelve-year-old Carol is not happy to be spending the summer helping her parents move her grandfather to an assisted living home, but as the summer wears on, she finds herself drawn to him, fascinated by his amazing stories.

A boy and his grandfather cross a language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy.

Arnold the sheep wants to play Little Red Riding Hood, and he has suggestions on how to make the story better.

Gerald the elephant tells his best friend Piggie a long, crazy story about how he broke his trunk.

At bedtime, their father tells Grace and Walter a scary story about two children in a dark forest.

"A girl is transformed by the magical power of stories through the shared memories of her grandmother Hazel"-- Something magical happens when Hazel and her granddaughter Hilda are together. As Hazel's broom whisks the dust off many years of joyful memories, they come to life. Is it magic making memories, or memories making magic? -- adapted from jacket

Little Red Chicken wants Papa to read her a bedtime story, but interrupts him almost as soon as he begins each tale.

"We shall all, in the end, be led to where we belong. We shall all, in the end, find our way home. In a time of war, a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing. Gentle Brother Edik finds the girl, Beatryce, curled in a stall, wracked with fever, coated in dirt and blood, and holding fast to the ear of Answelica the goat. As the monk nurses Beatryce to health, he uncovers her dangerous secret, one that imperils...