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In this playful reimagining of the traditional fable "The Little Red Hen", a hen discovers just how fragile the bonds of her community can be, and how rapidly her support network can disappear when people become too selfish. Though it doesn't exactly contradict the moral of the original tale -- that lazy people should not expect handouts -- this story's moral is a bit more nuanced: the handouts we ourselves receive are sometimes invisible to us... until they disappear.

Haruo is taking out the trash when he discovers that an Oni -- a creature of Japanese legends -- has made a mess in his driveway. Haruo and his dad decide to take the creature back to its home in the mountains, and they meet some other magical creatures along the way.

It rains and it rains and it rains... and the woods begin to flood. Piglet is trapped in his tree house, and it is up to Pooh to rescue him.

In this original science fiction story, Captain D. Emerald, and her sister Assistant W. Ruby, are on a research mission in deep space, when they come across their old nemesis, the Croncrods.

An old man intends to bring home one cute kitten for his wife, but inadvertently brings home millions and billions and trillions of cats. How will they feed them all?

In this cozy bedtime story, young Caleb resents having to go to bed earlier than everyone else, and suspects that they're all doing fun things without him. He stays up late, expecting to catch them in the act as they are having cake, dancing, and playing with his toys, only to discover that the life of a grownup is not nearly as exciting as he imagined it to be.

How will a thirsty crow get water from the bottom of a pitcher? This is a classic fable by Aesop.

Thank you, Isatou Ceesay! Meet a climate activist whose clever way to deal with the plastic bags that were polluting her village ended up creating jobs for hundreds of women, and saving her village from pollution.

Captain Cross is short-tempered, pessimistic, sarcastic, and mean. And being stuck on a deserted island, with a ship that needs repairs, has not improved his mood. But at the end of the day, he's a good captain and he cares about his crew, even if it does take him a while to remember that sometimes.

When the young king Buby looses his first tooth, Pérez the tooth mouse comes to pay him a visit.

This was one of Spanish author Luis Coloma's most popular short stories, and the character Pérez the Mouse has taken on a role in Spanish speaking countries similar to that of the Tooth Fairy in English speaking countries.