The Rainbow Tree, sitting in the center of the village, has branches so large and so high that no one could see the top of the Rainbow Tree. The villagers do not know that a family of monkeys lives in the Rainbow Tree. Just like the leaves on the Rainbow Tree, each monkey is different. A very young, boy monkey named Reuben likes to ride on his mothers back, just as many baby monkeys do. His mother tells Reuben to hold on tight so that he will not fall, but Reuben wants to play with the older monkeys, even though he isnt old enough yet to jump from branch to branch. He decides to sneak away from his mother while she is asleep. Reuben jumps from one branch to another branch and then jumps againbut then he misses the tree branch and begins to fall! Can the Rainbow Tree rescue Reuben? In this childrens story, a small monkey named Reuben ignores his mother, jumps from branch to branch in the Rainbow Tree, and fallslearning a valuable lesson in the process.

Miguel is a friendly, energetic, and mischievous seven-year-old who lives in the Village of the Rainbow Tree. He has always wanted a dog. Unfortunately, his mother thinks he is too young to care for a pet. After Miguel seeks advice from an old woman in the village, she tells him it is a lot of work to feed and love a dog. After the old woman talks to his mother and receives her approval, she takes Miguel to the back of her cottage to see something. As he excitedly follows her, Miguel has no idea that just past her beautiful garden is a place where special animals live, and that there is one there just for him. Miguel and Fido: A Rainbow Tree Story shares the fun tale of a boys adventure as he adopts a special pet and learns responsibility.

In a small village, there stands a very tall tree, with leaves of many different colors, shapes, and sizes. The Rainbow Trees leaves reflect the sun rays into everyones home and make the villagers happy. But nearby, in small black cottage with a big black fence and black furniture, there lives an old woman, eating black bean soup and dark pumpernickel bread. Everything is dark and gloomy for her, and she is sad and lonely, for no one in the village has visited her for more than one hundred years. One night, when no one is around, the old woman paints the leaves of the Rainbow Tree black, which makes the villagers sad and gloomy. The villagers are afraid of the old woman, but a small boy named Miguel decides to go visit her anyway. Can Miguel find a way to bring back the Rainbow Trees colorsand help the people of the village learn a valuable lesson? In this childrens story, when a lonely old lady paints the leaves of the villages Rainbow Tree black, a little boy pays her a visit and helps the villagers learn the value of kindness.

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Merle hears four entertaining stories about the hats on Uncle Foster's hat tree and then gets to try on the hats.