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"The Ugly Duckling" is a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. When the tale begins, a mother duck's eggs hatch. One of the little birds is perceived by the other birds and animals on the farm as a homely little creature and suffers much verbal and physical abuse from them. He wanders sadly from the barnyard and lives with wild ducks and geese until hunters slaughter the flocks. He finds a home with an old woman but her cat and hen tease him mercilessly and again he sets off on his own. He sees a flock of migrating wild swans; he is delighted and excited but he cannot join them for he is too young and cannot fly.

Can a swan survive without winter migration? Marcel, a young tundra swan, is tired from the first half of a winter migration. One thousand miles is a long way to fly - too long for Marcel, so he hides in the rushes to stay behind while his parents and the flock continue south. But with the lake nearly frozen over, he soon realizes that he is not cut out for life on ice. Other animals offer advice about how to survive the winter, but their ways of living aren't right for the swan. Hungry and scared, he falls asleep.

Earl Hamner and Don Sipes have penned this charming story of a singing goose and her adventures in and around Toulouse, France along with a whole host of other animal friends. This is a wonderful book not just for children, but for adults who are young at heart.

A talking chicken! Josh knows it sounds ridiculous, but that's just what Semolina is. And she's not just a talking chicken...she's a spirited, sarcastic, sassy talking chicken. And with Josh's mom in the hospital about to give birth to his sister, Josh needs Semolina more than ever, even if she will only talk in front of him. But when Semolina tells him a fox is sneaking into the hen house at night, can Josh get his dad to believe in Semolina before it's too late?

Dorothy anhela viajar a una tierra diferente y su deseo se hace realidad cuando un tornado se la lleva junto a su perrito al mundo de Oz. Dorothy, tras ofender a la malvada Bruja del Oeste, y por sugerencia de la Bruja Buena del Norte, se dirige por el camino amarillo hacia la Ciudad Esmeralda, donde vive el todopoderoso Mago de Oz, que puede ayudar a la niña a regresar a su hogar. Por el camino se hace amiga del Espantapájaros, el Hombre de Hojalata y el León Cobarde.

Bruce the bear likes to keep to himself. That, and eat eggs. But then his hard-boiled goose eggs turn out to be real, live goslings and they are convinced he's their mother. Bruce tries to get the geese to go south, but he can't seem to rid himself of his new companions. What's a bear to do?

Der Schrecken der Landstraße! Räuber Ratte war ein Schurke, Räuber Ratte war ein Dieb. Er raubte Reisenden das Essen, bis kein Krümel übrig blieb. Doch, wie so oft im Leben, ist sein Ruhm nicht endlos. Eines Tages kommt eine Ente des Wegs - und die ist schlau. Eine wahrhaftige Geschichte von Räuber Ratte, dem Schrecken der Landstraße.

Il était une fois une cane qui couvait ses œufs. Quand ceux-ci éclosent, elle découvrit avec stupeur que l'un de ses canetons était très différent des autres. Beaucoup plus grand, pas de la même couleur, le petit canard fut rapidement rejeté de ses frères et sœurs mais aussi de tous les autres canards. Tout dépité, le vilain petit canard, comme il avait été surnommé, dut partir à l'aventure tout seul. Il allait bientôt découvrir sa vraie nature.

Flushed with the success of his trailblazing bike ride around the farm, Duck decides he's ready to drive the tractor. As in the bestselling Duck on a Bike, all the barnyard animals share their humorous comments as they watch Duck do the unthinkable.

Los tres osos aprenden una valiosa leccion acerca de cerrar la puerta con llave cuando salen a dar un paseo mientras el desayuno se enfria, y vuelven para descubrir que un intruso ha estado en su casa: un intruso con bucles dorados que se ha perdido en el bosque.

Hansel y Gretel son dos ni?os hambrientos perdidos en el bosque que se encuentran con una maravillosa casa hecha con pan de jengibre. Pero un peligro acecha dentro de esta morada. ?Podran estos ni?os escapar, o estan condenados al cruel destino que una malvada bruja les tiene preparado?

Merkwürdiger Ferienbesuch auf dem Bauernhof von Freddy dem Esel! Endlich eine Gelegenheit, den Hof mal so richtig auf Vordermann zu bringen - das findet zumindest Cordelia, die Gans. Mit ihrer Putzwut sorgt sie mächtig für Wirbel. Und auch Freddy und seine Freunde werden von ihr mit eingespannt. Das passt dem bequemen Kater Sokrates und den anderen Tieren natürlich überhaupt nicht in den Kram..

A popular author of fiction and nonfiction works for children, Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen can often be found in schools sharing her beloved works with children all across the country. With its clever rhymes and cute-creepy storyline, Quackenstein Hatches a Family is the irresistible tale of a very special duck. Quackenstein has no family or friends to play with, until he finds an egg. But when it hatches, it’s not exactly what Quackenstein was expecting!

Listen to the story of Jemima Puddle-duck, who was annoyed because the farmer's wife would not let her hatch her own eggs.

La clasica historia de tres cerditos que salen a descubrir el enorme mundo y se construyen sus propias casas de paja, varillas y ladrillos. Pero cuando aparezca el gran lobo feroz, ?lo dejaran entrar estos tres cerditos? !Ni por todo el oro del mundo lo dejaran pasar!

This is a story from the Andersen's Fairy Tales collection.

This is a story from the Grimm's Fairy Tales collection.

In the Tale of Benjamin Bunny, Benjamin and his cousin Peter Rabbit venture into Mr. McGregor's garden to retrieve the clothes Peter lost there in The Tale of Peter Rabbit. After finding Peter's clothes, Peter is anxious to leave, remembering his recent experiences there. But will his cousin Benjamin follow?

Old Babushka, known throughout all of Moskva for her beautifully painted eggs, is preparing her eggs for the Easter Festival when she takes in an injured goose. She names the goose Rechenka, and they live happily together until one day when Rechenka accidentally overturns a basket, breaking all of Babushka's lovingly crafted eggs.

Tres hermanos chivitos necesitan cruzar el puente para llegar al prado que esta del otro lado del rio. Desafortunadamente, un horrible trol vive debajo del puente y su comida favorita !es el chivito! !Y cuanto mas gordo, mejor!