Wherever Nancy Butterkitten wanders, amazing surprises seem to await her. ln Nancy's first three tales of her adventures, she and her friends find a jack-o'-lantern with a glorious secret inside, a lavish wedding that can only be viewed with a magnifying glass, a beagle with wings, and a rather unusual little person who can walk UP trees. ln Nancy's concluding story, she finds herself entranced - perhaps too entranced - with a schoolmate's sparkling ruby bracelet. Nancy then has a dilemma....

RAINBOWS AND GIRAFFES contains two stories as different as French toast and chocolate pudding. In the first story, A RAINBOW SAIL, Nancy Butterkitten is sad because she has just lost a spelling bee and feels she is now only second-best. To cheer her up, Lucky, the boy next door, with his dog Frank at his side, decides she needs an adventure. In fact, they all do. A lost parrot named Bongo leads them out of the woods to exactly the right spot for the most astonishing adventure they’ve ever ...