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In this version of "The Little Red Hen," set at the North Pole, a penguin and a hare refuse to help an elf plant, grow, and decorate an evergreen tree but nevertheless expect to open the presents found under its branches on Christmas Day.

Red and Lulu make their nest in a particularly beautiful evergreen tree. It shades them in the hot months and keeps them cozy in the cold months, and once a year the people who live nearby string lights on their tree and sing a special song: O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree. But one day, something unthinkable happens, and Red and Lulu are separated. It will take a miracle for them to find each other again. Luckily, it's just the season for miracles....

Clifford visits the hospital and gets into mischief everywhere he goes.

"In the middle of the night, a chain reaction of noises wakes the residents of an urban apartment building, and then lulls them back to sleep"--

Sisters Faizah and Asiyah learn how to spread kindness on school picture day.

Devastated when his nose no longer shines brightly, Rudolph spends his time worrying, weeping, and feeling sorry for himself until he searches for two baby rabbits lost in the woods.