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At least as far back as the ancient myth of Icarus, humans longed to fly - but it wasn't until December 17, 1903, on the windy dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, that the dream finally came true. And it was all thanks to Orville and Wilbur Wright, two former bicycle mechanics who built their first toy plane - a rubber-band powered rotary - when they were just children.

This is the diary . . . of a fly. Even though she's little—just like her best friends, Worm and Spider—Fly wants to be a superhero. And why not? She walks on walls, sees in all directions at once, and can already fly! Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss, the team behind the #1 New York Times bestsellers Diary of a Worm and Diary of a Spider, reach hilarious heights with their story of a little fly who's not afraid to dream big. Really big.

Cow was in a nasty mood. When Duck came along Cow kicked mud in her face. “Why’d you do that?” asked Duck. “I felt like it,” said Cow. “And I’m not sorry.” Little did Cow know that her bad mood would spread to the whole farm. But it does when Cow passes her anger along to Duck who takes it out on Frog who is mean to Bird who upsets Goat who bothers Pig. Until goodhearted Dog turns things around by showing kindness to Pig, turning not sorry into sorry (really sorry).

Mutiges Hasenmädchen mit großem Herz: Hilda Hasenherz lebt in einem großen Kaninchenbau unter dem Möhrenfeld. Wie alle anderen Buddelhasen macht Hilda Tag und Nacht nichts anderes als Tunnel graben und Möhren ernten, die alle an Baron von Ratzezahn abgegeben werden müssen. Der behauptet, all die Möhren wären nötig, damit Prinz Lämpchen und der König keinen Hunger leiden müssen. Was niemand weiß: Der Baron hortet die Möhren für sich und hat schon fast eine Million zusammen. Mit einer Million Möhren kann er den König absetzen und sich selbst zum Anführer des ganzen Baus machen.