World of Reading: Elena of Avalor El Libro de Hechizos Secretos

No matter what a creature looks like or how it behaves, other animals can find some reason to make fun of it.

Polly 'Possum is looking for a new home to raise her expected babies. Along the way, she meets a wide variety of diurnal and nocturnal animals. She learns how they build and live in webs, nests, hives, shells, burrows, lodges, dens, caves, dreys, and even hollows. While those homes are perfect for those animals, they aren't right for her. How does Polly find a home and will she find it in time?

While a mighty lion sleeps, a small mouse runs up its back and gets tangled in its mane. The lion is angry. No one should disturb the king of the beasts! The lion says that it will eat the mouse. But the mouse pleads for its life. The mouse claims that one day it may be able to save the life of the lion. The lion laughs at that. How could a tiny mouse save a mighty lion? But the lion decides to free the mouse anyway. Later, the lion is caught in a hunter's net. The lion cannot escape. Can the mouse save the lion from the hunter's trap?

“Los personajes de Poe, esas personas de facultades hipersensibles, de voluntad ardorosa que lanzan el reto hasta contra el mismo imposible, aquellas cuya mirada se lanza rígida como una espada sobre objetos que se agrandan a fuerza de contemplación, nacen todos o, mejor dicho, son todos el mismo Poe. Y sus mujeres, todas luminosas y enfermas, muriendo de males misteriosos, hablando con voces de música, son también el mismo Poe; o, al menos, lo son por sus extrañas aspiraciones, por su valor, por su melancolía incurable.” Charles Baudelaire