Resets Hans Christian Andersen's tale, The ugly duckling, in the Northern Piney Woods of Alaska, where a baby moose is raised by a family of ducks who try to teach him to waddle, quack, and fly but cannot see his true beauty.
Presents stories and poems by Edgar Allan Poe, including "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "Masque of the Red Death," and "The Raven;" and includes biographical information about the author.
Features adaptations of twelve works by Edgar Allan Poe for radio shows like "Inner Sanctum," "Escape," and "Suspense," including "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue.".
Collects short late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century works by American writers Ambrose Bierce, Stephen Crane, Mark Twain, Jack London, and O. Henry.
The mummy that Andrew creates for his fifth grade project seems to have special powers and helps him to understand his feelings about himself, his dead mother, and his stepbrother, who he calls Mr. Gifted.
Games and songs in English and Spanish promote motor skills in bilingual preschool children and teach about animals, directions, manners, the community, and counting.
