Eric A Kimmel
7) Why worry?
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Cricket and Grasshopper go on a high-flying, wild adventure, encountering a large crow, a hungry fish, powerful winds and more. But while Grasshopper has the time of her life, Cricket can't help but worry. Through kindness and patience, the two friends learn that together they can keep each other safe and find their way back home.
8) Cactus soup
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During the Mexican Revolution, when a troop of hungry soldiers comes to a town where all the food has been hidden, they charm the townspeople into helping make a soup from water and a cactus thorn.
16) Little Red Hot
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A hot pepper pie exposes the big bad wolf in this southwestern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.