Ruby Bridges recounts the story of her involvement, as a six-year-old, in the integration of her school in New Orleans in 1960.

Dazzling gypsy Esmeralda and her mischievous goat, Djali, arrive in Paris, friendless and penniless. Through a series of amusing mishaps, they soon meet the puppeteer, Clopin, and are invited into a world of love and friendship.