Beatriz Vidal

Because he has misbehaved, four-year-old Federico is afraid the three kings will not bring him the toy horse he asked them for and, unable to sleep, he goes outside to await their arrival.

A cumulative rhyme relating how Ki-pat brought rain to the drought-stricken Kapiti Plain.

A retelling of the Chibcha Indian legend about how the treasure of El Dorado came to be.

Explains why bats only come out of their caves at night.

A biography of the seventeenth-century Mexican poet, learned in many subjects, who became a nun later in life.

"I can't sleep, mommy, I'm scared." Human moms and dads have heard it many times before, and so too, it turns out, has Little Lek's mother. Her little Argus pheasant was so gentle, kind, and handsome with his exceptionally long and brightly colored tail. But, he had just one problem: he couldn't get to sleep. Then one day something changed, and Little Lek discovered a strength that lay hidden within, something that gave him the peace of mind to sleep...