Rabbit Plants The Forest
Author: Book Importer
Lolo’s Sari-Sari Store
After recently moving to the United States, a young girl reminisces about her time spent helping her Lolo run his sari-sari store in the Philippines, and uses some of his wisdom to make herself feel more at home.
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The Hare-Shaped Hole
Hertle and Bertle were always a pair, though one was a turtle and one was a hare.
They were utterly buddies, and best friends forever, and whenever you looked, you would find them together… until quite unexpectedly… the end came. When Hertle disappears for good, Bertle can only see a Hertle-shaped hole where his friend should be. He pleads with it, get angry with it, but the hole still won’t bring his Hertle back. It seems like hope is lost… until Gerda the kindly bear finds him.
She explains that he must fill the hole with his memories of Hertle. And slowly… Bertle begins to feel a little bit better.
This book is part of the Worlds of Words Global Reading List for 2023/24.
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