This was a book of children's bedtime stories, which my brothers and I read in the very early '90s. I THINK the cover was dark blue, with kids on a magic carpet, possibly with a man, and the moon in the background. Stories included: A girl whose new shoes were too tight, a king who ate so many jelly doughnuts that he destroyed his town, a hippo who was laughed out of the ballet so she made her own ballet program. Each story was between a paragraph and a few pages. Pretty realistic illustrations. Thank you!!!