French

Loulou is a wolf who wants to be kind, but every fairy-tale character runs away from him. When the seven little goats’ roof collapses under snow, he spends the night fixing it. The goats thank him, and the tale of the kind wolf spreads through the forest.

For his birthday, Jules takes a hot-air balloon ride with his grandfather. They float over tiny houses, toy-like cows and mountains, an eagle flies beside them, and Grandpa shares his childhood dream of flying. They land in a lavender field at sunset.

In France, the Tooth Mouse (la petite souris) collects baby teeth. Zoé waits up and finds the mouse under her bed, sniffling with a cold and a heavy sack. Zoé lends her a toy truck and a scarf, and in the morning finds a coin and a thank-you note.

An old apple tree gives flowers to the bees, shade to walkers and apples to the village children. During a harsh winter, the birds, squirrels and children it helped all come to keep it warm. The next spring it blooms more beautifully than ever.

Gigi is the tallest giraffe in the savanna, but she’s secretly afraid of heights. When a baby elephant gets lost in the tall grass, she takes a deep breath, looks far into the distance and spots him near the lake — discovering her own courage.

Hugo can’t sleep even after counting a hundred sheep. The Sandman, a little old man with a bag of golden sand, visits and asks him to imagine waves on a warm beach, then sprinkles sand on his eyelids. Hugo drifts off to sleep.

At the beach, Mila and Adam compete to build the best sandcastle side by side. A big wave washes away half of each castle, so Adam suggests building one together further from the water. Their shared castle is the biggest on the beach, and they become friends.

Biscuit, a little white dog, hates water — baths, rain, even puddles. At a lakeside picnic, little Lina’s favorite ball drifts away and she can’t swim. Biscuit bravely jumps in, discovers he can swim, rescues the ball, and now loves swimming.

After thousands of years of lighting the night, the tired moon wishes for a vacation. The stars offer to cover the sky and shine so brightly that children see the constellations like never before. Now the moon rests once a month — the new moon.