Gina Freschet: 5 books

A colorful, surreal trip to a Mexican fiesta Naty is so excited - this is the first year she gets to be one of the puppet people in the parade celebrating Guelaguetza, a July festival of folk dances in southern Mexico. At first the sights are overwhelming - the feather dancers, the pi-a (pineapple)...

Winnie the possum and Ernst the otter are back with four new antic tales. In the first, an excursion to Backwater Beach is complicated by the contents of a piggy bank. Then Winnie gets a telescope and must ad-lib, as the viewing for her friends is disrupted by cloud cover. When Winnie and Ernst baby-sit...

Four funny, easy-to-read stories about best friends Winnie (a possum) and Ernst (an otter) are best friends who can weather any predicament together. These charming, screwball stories have the pair looking desperately for the gift Winnie has gotten for Ms. Zora Beaver's birthday party and lost...

En la fiesta mexicana de la Guelaguetza puede suceder cualquier cosa. Es un día especialmente importante para Naty; marchará en la procesión con el pueblo de los títeres usando su disfraz de ratón y sus flamantes botas de vaquero. Hay toda clase de música y baile y juegos y carrozas . . . y, además, se la presenta a Naty una situación en la cual debe usar todo su ingenio y coraje.

Feet Man has two gigantic problems – his feet. His foot size is triple-extra-umpteen-large. He has never found a shoe that fits him, and whenever people see him, they always point and make fun of him. But then one day he discovers a tiny man stuck between his toes – Mr. Tiny, to be exact. Mr....