★Selected in the 2018 literary education book list of the Brazilian government.
★Written by an important awarded Brazilian educator and writer Rubem Alves.
★A collection of children's fables, which tells abstract philosophical issues in plain language, and helps children to understand and think about philosophy initially.
★Four short stories are selected in the book to discuss relaxation and seriousness, life and death, fear and courage, joy and sorrow.
★The illustration style is full of childishness and bright colors, which exercises children's ability to associate pictures and texts.
★English full text translation is available.


4 titles in this series: The decree of joy, The enchanted mountain of wild geese, Lily's operation, The dragonfly and the turtle

This book tells a story about friendship. This friendship was almost over by an accident: when playing peekaboo, Gregory the frog got stuck in the nose of his friend Lily the elephant. Therefore, Lily has no choice but to perform surgery to rescue Gregory from her nose. To complete the operation, she must muster courage.
The book uses the experience of small animals to help children correctly recognize the role of operation, teach children how to deal with the crisis of friendship, and recognize the preciousness of friendship.

Ruben Alves

He was born in Brazil in 1933, psychoanalyst, educator, theologian, writer and presbyterian pastor, and Honorary Professor of Philosophy, Science, and Liberal Arts of Campinas State University. Published several books and translated them into English, French, Italian, Spanish, German and Romanian. Ruben began to create children's literature and poems since the 1980s. He is an honorary citizen of Epinas and received the Carlos Gomez Medal for his contribution to culture.