Louis Darling

Ellen's life is free of problems, except for such things as being teased by Otis Spofford and having to wear woolen underwear.

Henry Huggins makes a deal with his father--if Henry can keep his dog Ribsy out of trouble for a month, he can go fishing with his father. Ribsy does his best to make Henry lose the deal.

Overview: Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary gives Henry's dog, Ribsy, the center stage in this dog's-eye view of the adventure of a lifetime. Good ol' Ribsy's ever-curious mind has always gotten him into scrapes, but this time he may have gone too far. After a comical turn of events, Ribsy finds himself in the wrong station wagon with the wrong children. Ribsy will do anything to find Henry, but there's plenty of excitement to be had along...

A reckless young mouse named Ralph makes friends with a boy in room 215 of the Mountain View Inn and discovers the joys of motorcycling.

El ratón Ralph está harto de que siempre le digan lo que tiene que hacer. Por eso, decide escaparse a un campamento de verano lleno de niños donde, cree, vivirá magníficas aventuras y idisfrutará de sándwiches de mantequilla y mermelada! Pero su escapada no resultará tan divertida como esperaba y finalmente Ralph se dará cuenta de cuánto añora su hogar. Ralph runs away looking for freedom but winds up a prisoner at a summer camp.

"Boy!" said Ralph to himself, his whiskers quivering with excitement. "Boy, oh boy!" Feeling that this was an important moment in his life, he took hold of the handgrips. They felt good and solid beneath his paws. Yes, this motorcycle was a good machine all right.

Ralph the mouse ventures out from behind the piney knothole in the wall of his hotel-room home, scrambles up the telephone wire to the end table, and climbs aboard

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This introduction to mountains discusses their formation, climate, use to man, and other related topics.