A Thousand and One... Americas is an animated television series originally produced from 1989 to 1991 in Spain by BRB Internacional to celebrate the 5th centenary of Christopher Columbus' voyage to America.
The series focuses on the adventures of Chris, a 10 year old boy, and his yellowish dog Lon. Chris accidentally discovers an old book at the attic which belonged to his grandfather, which he brought with him from his journeys. The book makes him and his dog drift through imagination to historical occurrences of different nations which lived in America before it was discovered by Columbus in 1492.
The series has been dubbed and subtitled in English, Spanish, Serbian and Hebrew.
With a big head and three hairs on top, Sanmao, a child from an ordinary family, originally had a happy childhood, but the war made him a helpless orphan.
Two little bumblebees, Bzuk and Ťuk, are worried about the weather again. It bothers them that it's raining on their meadow. And so they set out into the world again to find who is to blame. The wise bee Alka reveals many secrets of nature to the little pilgrims, and with her help the bumblebees finally understand that without the rain, everything in their beautiful meadow would have dried up and withered.