A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
Karen's great pride, her red shoes, doom her to dance forever, until a drastic action and much repentance and suffering bring her the forgiveness she has craved.
On her birthday, Mrs. Rosey Posey bakes a very special layer cake to share with her neighborhood friends, but when disaster strikes she shares a lesson about repentance, too.