"Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who adored him completely. And then, one day, he was lost. . . . Kate DiCamillo takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the depths of the ocean to the net of a fisherman, from the bedside of an ailing child to the bustling streets of Memphis. Along the way, we are...

"The Little Prince" is French aviator Antonine de Saint-Exupery's most famous novella. The story, first published in 1943, is about a pilot who must make an emergency landing in the desert becaouse of engine problems. This is ironic, since the author himself took off in a plane over the Mediterranean just a year later and was never seen or heard from again. This timeless story has been adapted to various media over the decades, including stage, screen...

Two rascally weavers convince the emperor they are making him beautiful new clothes, visible only to those fit for their posts, but during a royal procession in which he first wears them, a child whispers that the emperor has nothing on.

A poor husband and wife ask their rich neighbor to be godfather of their child, and once they are compadres, prey upon his pride and extravagance to trick him out of his fortune.

When Dog's constant boasting makes his friends sad, they find a way to teach him what it means to be a good friend.

To prove that the sun rises in the morning because of his crowing, Rooster bets Bird that he can make the sun come up at midnight.

A retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale in which a girl's desire for a pair of red dancing shoes almost dooms her to dance forever.

A young man who desires to be great builds a tower higher than any pagoda so that people will look up to him.

Young Rooster thinks his Gift is making the sun rise, until one morning when the sun rises without him.