Androcles y el león

Two persnickety mice, Marcus and Marcella, keep complaining about the noisy forest animals and the hard work they have to do every day in searching for food. They become very excited when a chipmunk tells them about a quiet farmhouse with lots of good food. In spite of warnings from the forest animals, they immediately move to the farm. Their dreams come true. But their wonderful life comes to an abrupt end when the farmer and his wife come home to their unwelcome guests. After barely escaping with their lives, Marcus and Marcella quickly return to their forest home. They learn to appreciate...

Missy, la ratoncita tiene un gran problema: ¡odia la forma en que luce! Como Missy desea convertirse en criaturas más grandes y más fuertes, finalmente descubre que todos tienen problemas y aprende a aceptarse a sí misma por lo que es.

Mama and Papa have always warned their chicks never to have anything to do with strangers. But the sly fox disguises himself as a little lamb, and uses different tactics to try to trick the chicks into going with him. The cunning fox finally succeeds luring some of the chicks by promising delicious corn to them. Clucky, being the one who always listened to Papa and Mama, doesn’t go along. After a horrifying experience, Clucky’s sister escapes and realizes the importance of listening to parents and never talking to strangers. This cautionary tale stresses the importance of obeying parents...

Aunque Randy es amado en casa, odia ser pobre. Cuando se le ofrecen dos deseos, rápidamente desea que todo lo que toca se convierta en oro. Mientras sostiene su perro de oro sin vida, se da cuenta de que la felicidad es más que posesiones. Su último deseo lo transforma.

Two brief stories demonstrate the importance of looking at a situation from another person's point of view when both of you want the same thing.

While Benjamin waits for his father to pick him up from school, he doesn't hear the screams of the kids playing dodge ball on the playground. The only thing he hears is, "a word. The word." Earlier that day, Benjamin beat his friend James while playing handball, and James retaliated by calling Benjamin "the word." With soft, watercolor illustrations that complement the text, Benjamin and the Word / Benjamín y la palabra is a compelling look at name-calling and intolerance. When confronted with James' epithet, Benjamin and the reader set off on a poignant journey to understanding and...

Nicholas loves to watch television—he loves the characters on the screen and he loves to create fantasies about them. But because he watches those characters so much, he soon discovers that his fantasies and television friendships are overwhelming the actual events and relationships in his life. In this intimate story, Nicholas begins to realize that what he really needs—to share his days and thoughts with someone he loves—he can never get from a television show. A Nicolás le encanta ver televisión—le encantan los personajes detrás de la pantalla y le encanta crear fantasías sobre ...

BUEN HUMOR, MAL HUMOR Y HASTA EL HUMOR TÍPICO DE UNA RACHA DE BUENA SUERTE. Judy Moody no deja de ganar: ¡En el boliche, en el deletreo, en todo! Entonces su centavo de la suerte sufre un accidente catastrófico y ¡puf! ¡Adiós buena suerte! ¡Hola, C-A-L-A-M-I-D-A-D! ¿Acaso su buena suerte se fue por el retrete?