In this adaptation of "The Princess and the Pea, " the wealthy daughter of a Texas rancher devises a plan to find a real cowboy among her many suitors.
Each day, from September through November, brings glimpses of forest animals seeking food in preparation for the onset of winter, from a fox sniffing the last apple on the ground to a flock of wild turkeys that finds nothing.
A pioneer mother lovingly stitches a beautiful quilt which warms and comforts her daughter Abigail; many years later another mother mends and patches it for her little girl.
It's been four years since twelve-year-old Manuel's brother, Tono, left their small village in Mexico for America. Manuel is determined to make his way to his brother in Los Angeles. But the journey is filled with danger and could prove to be deadly.
Torn from his home and parents in Poland during World War II, a young Jewish boy starving in a concentration camp finds hope in playing Schubert on his harmonica, even when the commandant orders him to play.
