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The Emperor of China learns that one of the most beautiful things in his empire is the song of the nightingale. When he orders the nightingale brought to him, a kitchen maid leads the court to a nearby forest, where the nightingale agrees to appear at court, where it remains as the Emperor's favorite. When the Emperor is given a bejeweled mechanical bird he loses interest in the real nightingale, who returns to the forest. The mechanical bird eventually breaks down; and the Emperor is taken deathly ill a few years later. The real nightingale learns of the Emperor's condition and returns to the palace; whereupon Death is so moved by the nightingale's song that he allows the Emperor to live.

The fantastical story of a lonely 11-year-old whose parrot takes him on a magical mystery tour of a planet where sleeping is against the law. Chester Dumbello's mom interprets people's dreams. One day a white, one-eyed parrot flies into the Dream Caf. Chester's mom says that the day something rhymes with orange, they can keep the parrot. Since nothing does, she comes up with the name Lornge, and the parrot becomes the newest member of the Dumbello family.

"You must go to the dragon. You must leave tonight." Before she even hears the words, Kaeldra already knows she must find the mother dragon whose draclings have just hatched and get some of the precious milk in order to save her foster sister’s life. Since Kaeldra can communicate with dragons, she is the only one who can accomplish the task. And so she begins a journey that will entwine her fate with that of three little draclings and one would-be dragon slayer.

June Pritchard and her pet sparrow hawk, Zander, are both caught between following the rules and spreading their wings to fly. June Pritchard spends every summer with her aunts, uncles, and cousins in the big Victorian house that belonged to her grandfather. But the summer she turns 13, something has changed. Her mother is imposing new rules on her, and she starts to feel the thrill - and burden - of growing up. When June is given a sparrow hawk to train as a pet, she takes on the task, eager to prove she can be reliable.

Bitty is a canary whose courage more than makes up for his diminutive size. Of course, as a miner bird who detects deadly gas leaks in a West Virginia coal mine during the Depression, he is used to facing danger. Tired of perilous working conditions, he escapes and hops a coal train to the state capital to seek help in improving the plights of miners and their canaries.

It's not fair! All Little Owl wants is to go to bed at a reasonable hour, like his friends do. But no . . . Mama and Papa say little owls have to stay up late and play. So Little Owl spends all night jumping on his bed, playing on the jungle gym, and doing tricks on his skateboard - but he's hooting mad about it ! Children who have a hard time going to bed will love this fun twist on the universal dilemma.

Finally realizing something wasn’t right, Smidge and Ridge looked up from their breakfast. But it was too late - a black sack came down over their heads, engulfing them both and turning their world to darkness. Who was stealing the city’s pigeons, and what’s to become of Smidge, Ridge, and the others?

Come and take a delightful ride on a telephone wire with five silly green parrots and a bluebird, who spend the day playing, singing, squawking, laughing, and most importantly, learning to be friends.

Carlos is the loving owner of a sweet, joyous cockatiel named Michael. But when Carlos’ mother falls gravely ill in Puerto Rico, he vows to travel over there to take care of her and leaves Michael in the temporary care of another family that quickly becomes attached to the young bird. Will there be more than one home for Michael?

Skyy discovers an interesting and peculiar leaf in her yard while playing outdoors. She has the opportunity to show everyone the leaf for her Mi Favorito school project. Unfortunately, the leaf doesn't fall when expected. Skyy is afraid that she will have to deal with the ridicule and embarrassment from her classmates if the leaves don't fall when expected. Skyy experiences a big lesson about being patient.

Raymond’s going out today, with his Dad to fly away, over to the shopping mall, to hunt some food for one and all. What will he see when he gets there? What will they get to eat and share? What is the big thing in the clouds? Come and listen, and I’ll tell you now!

Barry is a penguin detective with enough gumption to carry him from one end of the earth to the other and back again. When Father Christmas is kidnapped by the evil Bedbug Queen it looks like Christmas will be destroyed forever. Only the chosen one, a girl called Phoebe, can save him. But she hates Christmas... Will Barry convince her to help him? Will they reach Father Christmas before midnight strikes? Will they have the power to stop the evil Bedbug Queen?

Fly away with Bill and Edward as they follow a flock of swifts into the unknown and beyond. Bill returns with a sense of wonder, before realizing that swifts are even more mysterious than he first thought!

It's 2055. Aliens flock to the city of Chichester to visit the restaurants that now fill the streets. But some of the visitors are the tastiest aliens in the universe - and they have gone missing. Fabia lives above the jewelry shop in South Street with her pet budgies, Sparkle and Topaz. Can they save the scrumptious aliens from the pie factory? Button, Stitchley, and the other creatures in town come to their rescue in this futuristic tale of greed and deception.

The Crows of Ticklewick is an upbeat prelude to the Amelia Hart series. Told from a crow's prospective, it introduces a magical new world called Ticklewick.

The birds couldn't agree which was the most beautiful. Was it the peacock? The bird of paradise? The hummingbird? You'll never guess who wins this beauty pageant -- it's not who you think. This story delivers a message about the true nature of beauty and how it is more than skin deep.

This story is a gem representing the delightful stories from the Indian subcontinent which capture the simple essence of everyday life in rural/urban India. The simple pleasures of life indicate a time gone by, before the advent of cellphones and Facebook, a time which almost stood still, a time where children could revel in the rain, make paper boats and race them down a drain, play marbles, and generally pass time. The once idyllic life almost seems too slow and bear and hence is fascinating to watch unfurl as we listen to the story.

Did you ever wonder how the birds came to dominate the air? Well here is the story of how the fish and the mammals lost the contest to the reptiles and how the reptiles came to rule the sky.

This story is a gem representing the delightful stories from the Indian subcontinent which capture the simple essence of everyday life in rural/urban India. The simple pleasures of life indicate a time gone by, before the advent of cellphones and Facebook, a time which almost stood still, a time where children could revel in the rain, make paper boats and race them down a drain, play marbles, and generally pass time. The once idyllic life almost seems too slow and bear and hence is fascinating to watch unfurl as we listen to the story.

The Spell of Twelve is a tale that tells of the adventure of Prince Egbert XII who disappears from the castle on Christmas night. Written in the form of a traditional folk tale, Egbert's quest is to solve the riddle of an orange before Twelfth Night and his twelfth birthday. Along the way, he avoids dangers and forges an alliance with a miller, a sparrow, and a girl named Egnaro.