Yasmeen Ismail

A child has a very difficult time getting Fred, the dog, to bed.

Greta and Gracie are sisters - Greta is chatty while Gracie is quiet and it's all fine until, one day, everything changes. It's nearly Christmas and together the sisters decorate the tree, shop for presents and even try a spot of ice-skating! But Greta, of course, always knows best - poor Gracie can't get a word in edgeways. Then on Christmas Eve, while Greta is quietly sleeping, Gracie hears a funny noise ...whatever could it be? She creeps downstairs...

"Mommy and Lila are going to visit Grandpa, but Lila is busy playing in her own imaginary world. Grandpa decides to join Lila--because using your imagination is even more fun when you play together!"--

Rafa does not want to wear his new glasses to school. He tries his best to hide them - in the strangest places! But it's very tricky when they are so big and round and red. It's funny how things turn out, though because Rafa's specs end up winning him a gold star - and a new friend. Even better, he can see properly. A humorous story about the positive effectsof being, maybe, just a little different. "Rafa NO quiere ir a la escuela con esas gafas....

Encouraged by her teacher to approach her art assignment from new points of view, Sophia produces a piece she is proud of, but can she persuade her hard-to-impress family to take a chance on a different perspective?

"Sophia is happy to have Noodle, her One True Desire, yet her new pet comes with two giraffe-sized problems"--

"It's hard to wait for an exciting new baby to join the family, especially when it's still growing inside Mom's tummy. But when her dad tells her the size of the baby at each stage, one little girl imagines all the fun she can have with her baby brother as a teeny-tiny poppy seed, then a grape, then a lemon... but she's not quite sure how she feels about having an avocado for a brother. Or an onion. Or--gulp--a watermelon!"--