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This is the myth of the evil Crocodile Man, who would not share his firesticks with the other animals, and the cunning Bird Woman, who wanted to share fire with the people.

Together on Eid celebrates the many gifts of the holiday—from excitedly awaiting the arrival of guests to enjoying steaming hot rotis to sharing treasured family stories. It is a loving ode to cultural traditions, warm memories, and a special day that brings people together.

Reeni is wild about birds! So when she and her best friend, Yasmin, have to pick a survey topic for a school project, asking their neighbors what they know about birds is an obvious choice. They are shocked to learn that no one—not one single person—has heard about Bird Count India and the major event it is about to launch all over the country. Thousands of birdwatchers will be out counting birds as part of a global movement. Global means world, and isn’t this city part of the world? How come people don’t seem to care about the threats to city birds?

After a hard day of labor in Thornheath, Leolin returns home, hoping to catch a glimpse of dragons flying by.

Yo is happy his mother and father are staying home with him on this winter day. It’s a snow holiday at Yo’s house! The streets are blocked with snow from a winter storm. What would you do on a family snow holiday? Yo builds a snowman with his father that looks like their dog, Lips. They use snow to make his body and paws. Guess what Yo’s mother wants to do next on their snow holiday?

Kanikiya loves to dance! Every day she goes to the river to dance with the brolgas, a type of crane native to Australia. She loves to dance with them so much, she wishes she could be a brolga herself! Her mother doesn’t like that she dances so much, though, and warns her with legends of what happens to girls who don’t work. What would happen if she had to stop?

When Nasrettin arrives at a banquet in a shabby coat, he is ignored by his friends. So he cleans up, returns, and teaches them an important lesson.

Callie is volunteering to track sea turtles on the beach, where they come to lay their eggs.

After receiving a strange letter in the mail, Nikki has a new pen pal—an alien! With her new friend, Zoon, they learn about his life on the moon and Nikki's favorite hobbies. Zoon wants to learn how to swim! Will Nikki be able to help her friend swim?

Follow Click and the kids around the safari as they look for all the animals on the map!

Trey and Susannah hear a loud thump and learn that the fallen tiny bird laying on their deck is a Hummingbird! Miss Nora, their neighbor, cares for birds and may be able to help them save the bird. Discover what Miss Nora does to help the Hummingbird. Will the injured bird fly again?

Sidney and his family have moved to the Great Plains. With his father, they build a house made of sod, or grassy dirt. Together, they all learn about the adventures of living in a home made of dirt! Unlike Sidney, his family can’t wait to build a new house.

When Ginger, a hearing-ear dog, begins to go deaf herself, her owner must find another dog to help them both. Her owner pays a visit to the pound and finds Leo! To her dismay, though, he doesn’t seem to know when he should bark to alert them of someone’s presence. Will he be able to help them hear?

The McNaughton family is living during the influenza pandemic of 1918. The family sees how the disease affects other families in their neighborhoods and community until their own family begins to fall ill. As each family member comes down with the flu, they all must take care of one another and fight to stay alive. One child, Anna, takes comfort in her father’s arms one night after she takes a turn for the worse.

In this Indian tale, a wise mathematician named Sessa invents the game of chess to amuse the king and requests a single grain of wheat as his reward for the first square of the chessboard, double that the following day for the second, and so on. In the end, Sessa gets the real reward he wanted all along – a wiser and more mathematical king.

Craig's older sister, Riley, and her friend, Liz, teach Craig how to skate. With practice, he will be flying just like them!

Winter means harvest time for maple tree sap. Chester helps his mother and grandfather harvest it and turn it into sweet, yummy maple syrup.

A big snowstorm hits Lark street and people in the neighborhood find ways to help each other and have fun! People shovel snow–Mr. Thompson pushes the snow out of the street with his snowplow. Maria helps her neighbor, Mr. Russel, get his groceries. The families on Lark street have fun in the snowy weather, too! They build snowmen and build ice sculptures. How do you have fun in the snow?

The clock strikes three! A little white dog named Lady and her farm friends know what that means! Follow Lady as she gathers all her animal friends to accompany her on a journey to give a very special welcome.

Old Lady Lottis is a recluse who lives next door with her monkey. Geraldine and her brother Gordon try to befriend her, but she accuses Gordon of stealing her jewelry! What happens when they find the real culprit? Will Old Lady Lottis finally be able to see the good in others?