Introduces young readers to the numbers one through ten through illustrations of colorful birds coming together on a single string.

Mama bird wants Baby bird to learn to fly so he can migrate with the rest of the flock, but Baby bird would rather go by hot air balloon or car, instead.

Schweblin's stories have the feel of a sleepless night, where every shadow and bump in the dark take on huge implications; they leave your pulse racing and the line between the real and the strange blurring. In the tradition of Raymond Carver and Flannery O'Connor, Schweblin's stories move on the boundary between the real and the fantastic. This selection, chosen by the author, is an indispensible piece of contemporary Argentine literature.

Marigold the cat likes everything just so, but when he sets out to bake a perfect cake one Monday, he is interrupted by one finch, two pigeons, and three loons.

A dog attempts to cheer up his friend, a despondent bird, in a tale that introduces a series of words from "baby" to "haberdashery."

Sitting on a log in their magical rainforest home, Bamboo, Velvet, and Beak encounter a scary creeping vine.

The resident birds and animals react to a snowman appearing in their woods after a winter storm.

The classic Aesop fable is performed by a troupe of animal actors.

When they find a dead bird, a group of children bury it in the woods, sing a song to it, and put flowers on the grave.

A young pig admires the birds he sees flying above him, and yearns to copy them--but even when he succeeds he finds that his favorite thing is still watching the birds.