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A young girl tries to teach her robot how to pretend.

Kiki returns to Mysore and quickly learns that drawing a new river doesn't work. In her search for answers, she stumbles upon the origin of the Kaveri: it's actually a princess from long ago who was transformed into water by a terrible curse! It's up to Kiki and her friends to restore the river without sacrificing the princess again---easier said than done! And with her mounting anxiety, enemies seeking to stop her, and a city growing weaker by the...

Papá, no puedo dormir. ¡Hay una vaca en mi cama! Antes de dormir, la pequeña protagonista dice que en su cama hay una vaca. ¿Es posible? Cuando su padre va a la habitación, allí no hay nadie. Papá, es que ahora la vaca está jugando al escondite con un elefante y un pato. Una divertida historia antes de dormir. ¿Será todo fruto de la imaginación de la niña?

"In this whimsical and magical picture book, Anne's boundless imagination takes flight! She imagines being all the things she loves so dearly. If I Couldn't Be Anne, Anne with an e, what would I be . . . Anne wonders what it would be like to be the wind dancing round the treetops. A tightrope walker, breathless and brave. A princess in a palace made of apple blossoms. A magical frost fairy or a plain little wood elf. . . . But even as Anne's imagination...

"Maggie Lou's grandpa doesn't call her Firefox for nothing. She's always finding ways to make life more interesting - even if this means getting into big trouble. When her grandfather Mushom finally agrees to teach her how to box, she decides that the rank odors, endless drills and teasing won't stop her from wearing a tutu to the gym. Joining her father's construction crew uncovers a surprising talent -- besides learning how to use a broom -- and...

To escape the noise of her boisterous tías, Martina imagines a peaceful island where she plays quietly with a little mouse, but when she wants to tell of her adventure, she realizes there is no one around--that is until she hears her tías in the next room.

The little girl wants a pet, but her mother says "We'll see". So the girl tries a rock that she names Fluffy as a pet. Next a glove, a candy wrapper, and a balloon are pets. With imagination, anything can be a pet. But what will be the best pet of all?

"Seki's complicated games manage to distract Rumi ... even when he's absent from school. Not only does Seki try to literally rewrite history, he performs surgery (on stuff animals), and brings live creatures to cooking class. Meanwhile, Rumi focuses on saving the earth itself ..."--Page 4 of cover.

When Elijah and Vijay are harassed by neighborhood teens, Vijay sinks into depression and renounces his character, the Beast. Nate, aka the Prince, is convinced that a terrible monster is invading the Cardboard Kingdom and will do whatever it takes to stop it. At the same time, Alice is working on a secret project that has her pushing the rest of the kingdom away. As the group wrestles with their fears and their friendships, they have to decide if...

"Most days, this little girl loves to go to school and play with her friends. But sometimes the schoolyard can feel like a battleground where she has to dodge mean words from a bully. Luckily, she always has her steadfast tiger by her side--even if she's the only one who can see it. With the reminder that strength comes from within, she digs deep to believe in herself, no matter what anyone else says"--