: He rejected formal education and yet began a world-famous university. His poems were mocked for their colloquial language but they were adopted as anthems by two countries. Bengali society despaired of him until he was awarded the coveted Nobel Prize for Literature and a knighthood! Rabindranath Tagore, whose multi-faceted life was as fascinating as it is inspiring, lives on in his books, his music and his thought-provoking, unconventional ideals.
: The only way Kumbhakarna could be kept out of mischief was to make him sleep twenty-four hours a day! Nothing would rouse this hulking ogre, not the trumpeting and trampling of elephants, not the deafening din of drums and certainly not a rain of rocks. But when the aroma of fresh cooking wafted across his nose, he was up in a trice! However, that mightiest of warriors, Rama of Ayodhya, was lying in wait.
: Budhu Raj, the evil lion king has all the animals under complete tyranny. Everyday, an animal offers itself as food to the lion until it's time for Chatura, a crafty hare. Will Chatura escape the clutches of the evil Budhu Raj? This story is about how the smallest of animals can outwit the largest with wisdom and intelligence.
: Push, pull, slide and turn mechanisms bring the story to life and introduce the familiar characters of the young princess and the Frog Prince. This well-loved story is beautifully imagined for a new generation by illustrator Yi-hsuan Wu.
: A nineteenth-century boy from a Mississippi River town recounts his adventures as he travels down the river with a runaway slave, encountering a family involved in a feud, two scoundrels pretending to be royalty, and Tom Sawyer's aunt who mistakes him for Tom