This is the true story of two great friends: a baby hippo named Owen, and a 130-year-old tortoise named Mzee live in Kenya. In December 2004, something astonishing happen: A frightened young hippo, separated from his family by the devastating tsunami in Southeast Asia, adopted an acient Aldabra tortoise as his mother. The old tortoise, for years a loner, accepted the baby hippo as his own. In spite of their many differences, Owen and Mzee are inseparable. What’s even more amazing is that the pair seem to have developed their own” language” of soft sounds and gestures, which continues to baffle wildlife experts.
Picture Book
Adele & Simon
When Adele walks her little brother Simon home from school he loses one more thing at every stop: his drawing of a cat at the grocery shop, his books at the park, his crayons at the art museum, and more. When Simon’s older sister, Adele, picks him up from school, he has his hat and gloves and scarf and sweater, his coat and knapsack and books and crayons, and a drawing of a cat he made that morning. Adele makes Simon promise to try not to lose anything. But as they make their way home, distractions cause Simon to leave something behind at every stop.
Der Standhafte Zinnsoldat
Two vanished dolls are discovered by a home builder. They are given to children and they are dumped after the children grew so that they didn’t need the dolls any more. The dolls’ journey begins from sewers, ocean, exotic foreign land, and placed in a museum in the end of the story.
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
A Very Full Morning
When Little Tooth goes to her first day of school, she learns that she is not the only rabbit who is anxious.
Little Chicken & Little Fox
Little chicken is all ready for be, when suddenly there’s a knock at the door. It’s little fox, freezing in the cold. The other chickens know they aren’t supposed to let anyone in. But little chicken feels bad, so she sneaks out to find him a warm place. The two become instant friends, building snowman together and searching for little fox’s parents.
Sam Is Never Scared
Sam feels fearless compared to Max who is afraid of climbing trees and watching scary movies, until Sam learns that everyone is afraid of something.
Burger Boy
Benny hates vegetables and eats nothing but hamburgers, until the day his mother’s prediction proves true and he turns into a walking, talking–and running–burger.
The Adventures Of The Dish And The Spoon
Having run away together, the Dish and the Spoon from the nursery rhyme “The Cat and the Fiddle” become vaudeville stars before turning to a life of crime.
Lucia and the Light
One winter in the Far North the sun disappears and Lucia, accompanied by her milk-white cat, braves the freezing cold and trolls who want to eat her, trying to find the sun and bring it back.
Boo and Baa Have Company
It’s autumn and Boo and Baa are raking leaves when they hear meowing. They discover a cat that has climbed up a tree and cannot get down. Boo and Baa try lots of different things, but it’s hard to convince their visitor he’s welcome to stay.