Mrs. Tortoise and Birdie are very close friends. One morning, Mrs. Tortoise sees her reflection in the pond and realizes her shell is worn out, and she feels old and sad. Then Birdie comes along with an idea to cheer her up.

Let the anticipation build with each turn of the page as it introduces another possible cause of the big Growl: a hungry, ferocious lion; a mean, ugly ogre; a ten-eyed spotting creature from outer space. But in the end, it might just be something or someone a lot smaller than expected.

Cuando los elefantes caminan nunca se detienen para mirar hacia abajo. Los ratones tienen miedo de ser aplastados y piden a los elefantes que tengan cuidado. Pero ellos ¡no les hacen ningún caso! Un día, los ratones tienen una idea: ¿podría la pimienta ser la solución a sus problemas?

"A light-hearted, funny story for children and adults alike about the perils of overprotective parenting! From the time Bruno wakes up to the time he goes to bed, his very loving, but overprotective parents, are always there to see he never ever gets too hot or too cold, too dirty or too excited. Poor Bruno... will his parents ever learn to just let him play and have fun like the other children?"--Publisher's description.

"Everyone in Scaryville lives in fear, because that is the hometown of the ghost with the smelly old underwear!" -- Page [4] cover.

After her beloved pet dog dies, a young girl finds it very difficult to overcome her feelings of sadness.

"Being a sheep is easy. All they have to do is graze, snooze and help people fall asleep now and again. Every person is assigned their own personal flock... The drill is always the same, first Sheep one jumps over the fence, then Sheep two followed by Sheep three and so forth. When a little boy called Mike can't sleep one night, he stars to count his personal flock. Sheep One, Sheep Two, Sheep Three... but then something strange happens... Sheep four...

El ratón Simenón es chiquitito, orejón, chato y bigotón. Y además, tiene mucha hambre. Pero nada de lo que prueba lo sacia, hasta que llega a una librería y se come las páginas de los libros. Por primera vez, siente su estómago lleno. La librera y el ratón llegan a un acuerdo: ella le leerá historias y él la ayudará en la librería. Simenón the mouse is tiny, big-eared, flat and mustachioed. And besides, he is very hungry. But nothing...