Carmen Agra Deedy

Miss Lotta Scales is a dragon who believes her job is to protect the school's library books from the children, but when she finally realizes that books are meant to be read, the dragon turns into Miss Lotty, librarian and storyteller.

In this humorous retelling of a Cuban folktale, a cockroach interviews her suitors in order to decide whom to marry.

Even though the mayor of the noisy city of La Paz institutes new laws forbidding all singing, a brave little rooster decides he must sing, despite the progressively severe punishments he receives for continuing to crow.

"The mayor of the noisy city of La Paz institutes new laws forbidding all singing, but a brave little rooster decides he must sing, despite the progressively severe punishments he receives for continuing to crow"--

Cada día, Rita y Ralph se reúnen para jugar bajo el manzano. Siempre se divierten, hasta el triste día en que un juego nuevo hace llorar a uno de los dos. ¿Quién iba a decir que era tan difícil decir "Lo siento"? "Rita and Ralph live on neighboring hills and they are best friends, until a silly accident while goofing around ends upwith both of them angry and unhappy--and they both need to find a way to heal the break in their relationship"--OCLC...

Rita and Ralph live on neighboring hills and they are best friends, until a silly accident while goofing around ends up with both of them angry and unhappy--and they both need to find a way to heal the break in their relationship.