Light Your Candle / Enciende Tu Vela

El esclavo Androcles arriesga su vida por la libertad. Mientras se oculta, desarrolla una amistad inusual con un león herido. Tanto Androcles como el león son capturados, y el castigo de Androcles lo lleva a la libertad.

Ants must work hard during summer to build their homes and gather food for the winter. Family Work Play wastes no time finding a suitable location to build their home with plenty of room to store food for the coming winter. They determine to work first, so they can relax and have fun later. In contrast, Family Dilly Dally has a different tradition: they always play first. If they have any time left, then they work a little. When the long, cold winter comes, the Dilly Dally family have a very tough time finding food and keeping warm. However, they learn an important lesson about working first...

En la familia de Roy hay un misterio que lo intriga. Su padre, Nelson, y el mejor amigo de su padre, Jesse, son exitosos profesionales; pero su tío ha estado en la cárcel desde que él puede recordar. Los tres jóvenes crecieron juntos. ¿Cómo terminaron en lugares tan diferentes? Viaja con Nelson hacia su infancia. Allí los niños, rodeados por la pobreza, presiones de pandillas y un entorno plagado de drogas, son alentados a soñar grandes sueños. Nelson encuentra inspiración en las historias de algunos de los más grandes soñadores del mundo. ¿Descubrirá que su propio padre fue...

A queen who begins a lengthy war with an army of allies by her side is also a mother who wants to explain her upcoming battle with cancer to her young children in this heartening and hopeful book. James and Simon are two young princes whose mother, the Queen, calls them into her throne room one day to explain that she is about to enter a war against a rebel force called breast cancer. She describes the changes that will be coming to the kingdom, such as the recruitment of a very specialized general who will lead the war effort, the acquisition of highly advanced weapons that target rebel...

Los cuentos más maravillosos para niños y adultos, sin lugar a dudas, han sido creados en la antigüedad por el gran filósofo y fabulista griego Esopo, que inspiró y conquistó sentimientos y moralejas, en ficciones que unían el reino animal con las personas. Escritores de todas las épocas hasta la actualidad, han continuado alimentando este legado de una inteligencia inocente, de una simpleza que desborda curiosidad y de una creatividad en componer una relación de personajes en situaciones insólitas y atrapantes. Estos cuentos maravillosos que relata este libro para adultos que...

A book entitled The Marvelous Book of the Ancient Secrets Used by the Egyptians in their Magical Practices relates the story of a young boy about to fall asleep; not just the contents of the book is told, but the boys travels through the world and the events in the books.

Polly 'Possum is looking for a new home to raise her expected babies. Along the way, she meets a wide variety of diurnal and nocturnal animals. She learns how they build and live in webs, nests, hives, shells, burrows, lodges, dens, caves, dreys, and even hollows. While those homes are perfect for those animals, they aren't right for her. How does Polly find a home and will she find it in time?