Christmas story of a poor tailor and his cat in the old town of Glouchester, in the time of swords and periwigs. When the tailor becomes sick and cannot finish the waistcoat for the Mayor, the mice finish it for him.

In Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes, Beatrix Potter's delightful original nursery rhymes are accompanied by the lifelike illustrations of animals that made books like The Tale of Peter Rabbit and The Story of Miss Moppet so critically and commercially successful. The twentieth of Beatrix Potter's 22 charmingly illustrated tales of animals in amusing situations, Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes has delighted children and adults alike since its release...

A cat named Miss Moppet teases a mouse and receives a surprise.

A tom cat and a terrier run a store where all the animals buy what they need on credit, but there is never any cash in the till.

Timmy Willie, a country mouse, accidentally goes to town in the vegetable basket where he meets Johnny Town-mouse. Timmy does not like the town noises and returns to the country where Johnny later visits him. Johnny finds the country too quiet and returns home.

Tommy Brock, the badger, steals Benjamin Bunny and Flopsy's babies intending to eat them, but his enemy, Mr. Tod, the fox, decides to play a trick on him to steal his house. They end up brawling, and in all of the confusion, Benjamin and his cousin, Peter Rabbit, are able to rescue the children and return them home.

The story of a little mouse's funny house, the visitors she has there, and how she finally rids herself of the untidy, messy ones.

Pigling sets off from home and, among his adventures, helps Pig-wig escape from Mr. Piperson.

The six Flopsy bunnies have a narrow escape in Mr. McGregor's garden. The second generation of the Peter Rabbit family has a narrow escape in Mr. McGregor's garden.

An innocent squirrel accused of stealing nuts is forced down a hole in a tree, where he meets a friendly chipmunk.