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A father helps his child overcome a fear of ghosts in this humorous and lighthearted bedtime tale. The little penguin Jake hears all kinds of strange noises as he tries to fall asleep. Asking himself Could there be ghosts in the room? Jake quickly summons his Dad to check things out and make his room safe. Moving patiently from the bed to the curtain to the wardrobe and sticking his head under the carpet, Jake's dad explains that it's merely the bed creaking, the wind rustling the curtain, and there are only toys in the chest. Satisfied that his father has chased away all of the ghosts, Jake...

A traveler wrapped in a cloak walks down a lonely road. The north wind and the sun watch from above the traveler. They wonder which of them is more powerful than the other. The wind and sun make a bet to see who can get the traveler to remove the cloak. They both try their best. The wind blows with a truly powerful force. But what can the sun do? Can it win the bet by being the first to make the traveler remove the cloak?

Thirteen-year-old Hannah Higgins is convinced her summer is ruined when she is forced to travel to Africa and work in a remote village in Kenya with her mom and uncle. Never having been to a developing country, she finds the food gross and the community filthy. She has to live without electricity or running water. Then she is told she must attend school. Just when she thinks nothing could make this trip any worse, she learns people there are dying of hunger and preventable disease. Hannah becomes frustrated and wants to help, but when poverty threatens the lives of people she loves, all she...

La hermana de Soren, Eglantine, cae bajo el influjo de un extrano sueno que se repite. Entonces, cuando Soren se percata de su estado como en trance, Eglantine desaparece, y los suenos se convierten en una mortifera pesadilla que pone el Gran Arbol Ga'Hoole en terrible peligro. Soren debe liderar la brigada de brigadas para rescatar a su hermana. Asi comienza la siguiente batalla entre las aves rapaces nocturnas de Ga'Hoole y los perversos Puros en el corazon del peligroso territorio conocido como Los Picos, donde un pavoroso incendio forestal pondra a prueba a los rescatadores… y supondra...