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Text in English & Spanish. A bilingual, imaginative fantasy which weaves traditional Hispanic folktales into the storyline.

The bear's hat is gone, and he wants it back. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes across, one by one, whether they have seen it. Each animal says no, some more elaborately than others. But just as the bear begins to despond, a deer comes by and asks a simple question that sparks the bear's memory and renews his search with a vengeance. Told completely in dialogue, this delicious take on the classic repetitive tale plays out in sly illustrations laced with visual humor - and winks at the reader with a wry irreverence that will have kids of all ages thrilled to be in on the...

Bacán, un niño purépecha, se enfrenta al fuego del bosque; el aviaría de la cotorra muda se llena de acción y un pececito ciego se ve en aprietos en las aguas de la superficie. Boris conoce a las temibles y venenosas serpientes, la niña basurera salva de una manera ingeniosa al zopilote y el último lobo gris se encuentra finalmente con su destino. Estos seis cuentos, que se desarrollan en diferentes regiones de México, nos invitan a vivir, a través de sus entrañables personajes, la compasión, el heroísmo, la aventura, el humor y el suspenso.

Gertrude lives in a colony of ants that is regularly attacked by an elephant. The brave ant climbs up into the elephant's ear, disrupts his sleep with her awful singing, and finally succeeds in driving him away. Trimphant, Gertrude returns to her colony, bringing peace at last. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.