The stores on the film's main street are named after various crew members.
Some of the extras in the flower lady scene also played parents in the parents day scene.
The characters of Sara's story, Prince Rama, his wife Sita, and the evil Ravana, all come from the ancient/epic Indian poem "Ramayana".
The name of Ram Dass's monkey is Hanuman, which is the name of the monkey god who helped Prince Rama get Sita back from Ravana in The Ramayana.
As Sarah rides down the street at the film's conclusion, the name of one of the stores on the street is A.C. Blomquist & Co. Alan C. Blomquist was the Executive Producer of the film.
The famous piece for harp that Miss Minchin plays during story hour and again in her study is the Andantino expressivo (or 2nd) movement of the Sonata in c minor by Giovanni Batissta Pescetti.