Carmen Agra Deedy

One dawn the Moon hears the laughter of children waking up and she yearns to see them, but the day belongs to the Sun and he will not trade places; so the Moon tempts him with stories of the stars and two come up with a compromise that explains why the moon can sometimes be seen in the daytime.

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.

"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. The silenced populace, invigorated by the rooster's bravery, ousts the tyrannical mayor and returns their city to its free and clamorous state"-- Provided by publisher.

El alcalde de la ruidosa ciudad de La Paz instituye nuevas leyes que prohíben todo el canto, pero un gallo valiente decide que debe cantar, a pesar de los castigos progresivamente severos que recibe por seguir cazando. El populacho silenciado, vigorizado por la valentía del gallo, derroca al tirínico alcalde y devuelve su ciudad a su estado libre y clamoroso. "The mayor of the noisy city of La Paz institutes new laws forbidding all singing, but...

Have you ever seen the moon on a clear blue day and wondered why? Hubo un tiempo en que solo el sol reinaba en el día, la luna adornaba la noche y los niños pequeños se iban a la cama antes del anochecer. Pero entonces, una mañana, la luna escuchó a unos niños reír y deseó verlos a la luz del día. Carmen Agra Deedy y Jim LaMarche han creado un cuento magistral y original sobre encontrar nuestro lugar en el universo. There once was a time...

Have you ever been REALLY, mad at your best friend? 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"? Every day, Rita and Ralph meet to play beneath the apple tree. It's always fun and games, until one roundly rotten day, when a new game means someone ends up crying. Who knew it...

Carmen Agra Deedy, New York Times bestselling author and one of Scholastic's most talented and cherished storytellers, retells a hilarious folktale set in Havana, Cuba. The trouble started when Pepe the parrot fell in love with . . . a CAT! Hoping to win her paw, he invited her to his house for dinner. But within moments of arriving - with a gobble and a gulp - Carina swallowed that love-sick parrot whole! And he was just the appetizer! Praise...

In this witty sequel to the beloved classic The Library Dragon, Miss Lotty is finally checking herself out of the Sunrise Elementary School Library, but not before Lotta Scales makes one final, fiery appearance. After 557 years of faithful service, Miss Lotty is retiring from guarding books. But on her very last day, disaster strikes! Someone has ordered all the books to be removed from the library and replaced with machines! It's enough to make...

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

A community of mice and a cheese-loving cat form an unlikely alliance at London's Cheshire Cheese, an inn where Charles Dickens finds inspiration and Queen Victoria makes an unexpected appearance.