pride and vanity

After giving four hungry tigers his beautiful new clothes so they won't eat him, Rajani finds them engaged in a fierce fight about who is the grandest, which proves to be their undoing.

Includes three humorous stories in verse: Yertle the Turtle, Gertrude McFuzz, and The Big Brag.

Two clever tailors trick the Emperor by telling him they are sewing him a suit of cloth that only wise men can see when in reality they are sewing air, and it takes a smart little girl to alert everyone to the truth.

Contains three Dr. Seuss stories which provide lessons in humility, including "Yoruga la tortuga," the story of an ambitious king who tries to expand his kingdom at the expense of his subjects; "Gertrudis Paz," the tale of an envious bird; and "El gran fanfarro?n," about the bickering and boasting of a bear and a rabbit.

In 1934, Kit faces a very different Christmas because of her family's financial problems and allows her pride to estrange her from her best friend.

In this version of the "Tortoise and the Hare" fable, two train engines compete in a race.

Having lost everything in a tidal wave in 1169 Sicily, nineteen-year-old Don Giovanni makes a simple-sounding wager with a stranger he recognizes as the devil but, while desperate enough to surrender his pride and good looks for three years, he is not willing to give up his soul.

A vain young frog named Antoinette tries to become part of the famous French painter Claude Monet's masterpieces at his pond in Giverny, with humorous results.

"The Emperor's New Clothes" is a familiar fable that teachers readers important life lessons in an entertaining way. In this engaging retelling, readers are introduced to this classic story through clear text that's closely aligned with colorful illustrations to enhance reading comprehension skills. Even the most reluctant readers will be charmed by the humorous illustrations that fill each page. Why did the emperor's friends and advisors let him walk through the town with no clothes on? Readers will be excited to find out.

A young man who desires to be great builds a tower higher than any pagoda so that people will look up to him.