B. D. Wong

The monsters crowd the Haunted Hall. Los monstruo throw a monstrous ball. This lively poem introduces a spooky array of creatures and Spanish words to little niños everywhere.

For two years filmmakers, rangers, and scientists follow a family of the recently-discovered Yunnan snob-nosed monkeys. The monkey society, formed in response to the hardships of the Himalayas, endures those hardships with a mixture of kindness, violence, cooperation, and interdependence.

"The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks - A greedy lord captures a drake to enjoy its beautiful plumage, separating a pair of Mandarin ducks that had always stayed together. A compassionate couple reunites the pair of ducks, but when the lord discovers the missing drake, he banishes them both, deciding they must be executed. In the end the couple is saved - but by whom?"--Container. "The Stonecutter - Tasaku is a lowly cutter of stone who works diligently...