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Devon is a duck who doesn't like to stay in line when he is growing up on a small island in a pond. Instead, he is very curious and likes to explore, so his parents keep looking for him and tell him to get back in line. But a few days later, he is off exploring. Then, one day, he confronts a dog and manages to escape when his parents come looking for him. So he promises he won't go off on his own any more. But will he keep his promise? Or will something unusual draw him away from the line again?

After growing up in a pet store surrounded by dogs, cats, and other animals, Danny has lost his ability to quack. After being bought by a little girl and dropped off in the woods by her father, Danny goes on a journey to regain his ability to quack. Along the way, he meets an owl, mole, and spider, but he ends up clucking like a hen, mewing like a cat, barking like a dog, oinking like a pig, squeaking like a mouse, and cooing like a quail. Finally, he goes to see Freddy the frog, who lives near a lake where he has seen other ducks.

A Farmyard Tale-What a funny sight to see a brood of ducklings with a hen! The farmer will not allow Jemima Puddleduck to hatch her own eggs.What does she do???

Can a swan survive without winter migration? Marcel, a young tundra swan, is tired from the first half of a winter migration. One thousand miles is a long way to fly - too long for Marcel, so he hides in the rushes to stay behind while his parents and the flock continue south. But with the lake nearly frozen over, he soon realizes that he is not cut out for life on ice. Other animals offer advice about how to survive the winter, but their ways of living aren't right for the swan. Hungry and scared, he falls asleep.

This is a story from the Grimm's Fairy Tales collection.

Listen to the story of Jemima Puddle-duck, who was annoyed because the farmer's wife would not let her hatch her own eggs.

La persecución del colimbo es una historia encantadora acerca de un niño y su madre en un viaje tranquilo en canoa con su perro Milos. De pronto se encuentran remando frenéticamente para mantener a Miles fuera de una familia de patos buceadores. Ellas descubren que su perro que es bien domesticado, y muy querido por la familia todavía tiene instintos similares a los animales salvajes.

This is a story from the Andersen's Fairy Tales collection.

Tres hermanos chivitos necesitan cruzar el puente para llegar al prado que esta del otro lado del rio. Desafortunadamente, un horrible trol vive debajo del puente y su comida favorita !es el chivito! !Y cuanto mas gordo, mejor!

Earl Hamner and Don Sipes have penned this charming story of a singing goose and her adventures in and around Toulouse, France along with a whole host of other animal friends. This is a wonderful book not just for children, but for adults who are young at heart.

Everyone is staying out of the pond by the barnyard - everyone but Willy, the hard of hearing little duck. He doesn't hear their warnings and goes swimming. Boy is he in for a surprise.

A true story about a mama duck and her five ducklings that had to be rescued from the town storm drain during an early morning walk. How three firemen and a pickup truck rush to their rescue makes for a vivid and exciting drama that children will return to over and over again. This delightful new classic has an inspiring environmental message.

Quand le vilain petit canard est né, il ne ressemblait pas à ses frères et sœurs de couvée. Rejeté de tous, à cause de ce physique différent, il est contraint de quitter "sa famille" et de partir, loin, pour ne plus subir leurs moqueries et leurs coups. Sur son chemin, ceux qu'il rencontre ne l'acceptent pas vraiment non plus. Un jour, cependant, ébloui par la beauté des cygnes, le vilain petit canard décide d'aller vers eux. Les cygnes ne le chassent pas et bien au contraire l'accueillent comme l'un des leurs.

"The Ugly Duckling" is a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. When the tale begins, a mother duck's eggs hatch. One of the little birds is perceived by the other birds and animals on the farm as a homely little creature and suffers much verbal and physical abuse from them. He wanders sadly from the barnyard and lives with wild ducks and geese until hunters slaughter the flocks. He finds a home with an old woman but her cat and hen tease him mercilessly and again he sets off on his own. He sees a flock of migrating wild swans; he is delighted and excited but he cannot join them for he is too young and cannot fly.

La clasica historia de tres cerditos que salen a descubrir el enorme mundo y se construyen sus propias casas de paja, varillas y ladrillos. Pero cuando aparezca el gran lobo feroz, ?lo dejaran entrar estos tres cerditos? !Ni por todo el oro del mundo lo dejaran pasar!

Book six of the Willy Series. Mother Hen's eggs were missing. She was so upset. Willy was upset too. Who could have taken her eggs? But then Socks, the cat, came into the barn with wet paint on her back. But Willy didn't think Socks was stealing the eggs. How could he prove it?

Die Gans ist im Urlaub und alle Tiere auf dem Bauernhof atmen auf: Endlich keiner mehr, der sie ständig herumkommandiert und zur Arbeit einteilt! Das Leben könnte jetzt so richtig schön sein. Doch leider hat sich Henning Hahn in den Kopf gesetzt, die Gans zu vertreten. Ständig quengelt er herum und benimmt sich wie ein Querkopf.

Die Gans Cordelia kann einfach ihren Schnabel nicht halten: Überall läuft sie herum und prahlt mit ihrem früheren Zuhause. Henning Hahn und den anderen Tieren geht diese Angeberei ganz schön auf den Wecker. Da hat Freddy eine Idee: Sie wollen einen Ausflug machen - eine Tour de Gans - und sich den tollen Bauernhof ansehen, von dem die Gans immer erzählt! Doch warum verhält sich Cordelia auf einmal so still?

In the fifth book of the Willy Series, Willy, the hard-of-hearing little duck, overhears Otis talking about Other's Day. Other's Day is a special day when you show others how much you care. So what could Willy do for all his friends?

Auf Freddys Bauernhof hat jedes Tier eine sinnvolle Aufgabe. Nur die eingebildete Gans Cordelia nicht! Deshalb sucht sie sich kurzerhand selbst eine Tätigkeit: Sie will von nun an den Bienenstock bewachen und die Arbeit der Bienen kontrollieren. Völlig unnötig, finden die anderen Tiere! Eugen Eule schmiedet einen Plan, der die Gans zur Vernunft bringen soll.