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A greedy monkey tricks a crab into trading her yummy omusubi rice snack for a single persimmon seed. But who will end up with the bigger reward in the end? This children’s story by Ryan Aoto is based on the traditional Japanese folktale “The Monkey-Crab Battle.”

The night before the start of a new school year, Jaiden feels worried. What will he say when his teacher and classmates ask about his summer break? Jaiden’s family didn’t go on expensive trips or attend summer camps. But maybe the things he did at home are equally worth sharing.

In this reimagining of Aesop’s well known fable, a lone ant finds beauty in the grasshopper’s music, and inspires her entire colony to take up percussion. Yet, in spite of the richness that music brings to their lives, she has trouble convincing her fellow ants that the grasshopper’s dedication to his art still counts as a work, or that he deserves their help when winter comes.

Captain Cross is short-tempered, pessimistic, sarcastic, and mean. And being stuck on a deserted island with a ship that needs repairs has not improved his mood. But at the end of the day, he’s a good captain and he cares about his crew, even if it does take him a while to remember that sometimes.

El Capitán Colerico es enojón, pesimista, sarcástico y malo. Y estar atrapado en una isla desierta, con un barco que necesita ser arreglado, no ha mejorado su mal genio. Pero al fin del día, es un buen capitán y le importan sus hombres, aunque a veces se tarda un poquito en recordarlo.