I am looking for a storybook collection and I can only remember bits and pieces of a few of the stories. My mom read it to me in the late 70s and early 80s (but I think it was from an earlier era, 50s or 60s perhaps) and I loved it more than anything. My favorite story was about a little girl named Judy who had tea parties (or some kind of party) with her dolls and/or stuffed animals. I think she spread out a blanket outside. I also remember a story about baking a pie and putting something in it. Maybe rocks. “Pip” is actually the word in my memory associated with the pie, although I have no idea what it means or if it’s right. There was also a story about a boy and girl who lost something (a gold necklace maybe?), and a fairy or angel or some kind of mythical creature told them to look somewhere to find it. I am almost positive the book was illustrated. Our copy was well worn, and the cover was missing.
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Maybe someone baking the pie (assuming it was a fruit pie) included the apple seeds or whatever when they filled it? Fruit seeds are sometimes called “pips”.
Could this be one of Enid Blyton’s story collections? That may not be terribly helpful as there are loads of these! But I do remember that some of her stories included a pixie called Pip.