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Mosquito Federico

Federico, the son of a mosquito doctor, does not want to follow in the footsteps of his father who administers shots as a general cure-all, and he gets a chance to practice his own style of medicine when a frantic firefly whose light has gone dim shows up while the doctor is out.
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Beach day

Little Critter, Little Sister and their dad spend the day at the beach.
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I hadn't meant to tell you this

Marie, the black girl in the eighth grade willing to befriend her white classmate Lena, discovers that Lena's father is doing horrible things to her in private.

Love field

Lurene is a Dallas housewife who is determined to travel across the country to attend John F. Kennedy's funeral. Aboard the eastbound bus, she meets a mysterious African American man who is travelling with a young girl. Despite several racial issues and misunderstandings, the trio develop a friendship.

The finer points of becoming machine

Emma is not telling why she tried to commit suicide.

How to ruin a summer vacation

Sixteen-year-old Amy Nelson's plans for her summer vacation must be put aside when her father--a man who has shown up rarely in her life--decides it is time to take her to Israel to meet a family she has never known.

My father's shop

A young boy named Mustafa ventures out of his father's carpet shop into the marketplace--under a carpet that makes him look like a rooster--where he learns about the languages of the tourists and brings his father new customers in the process.

Owl moon

On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl.

The tempest

Presents the text of the darkly humorous play about Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, who is exiled to a magical island with his daughter, Miranda.

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