Alas de gigante

Thirteen-year-old Hannah Higgins is convinced her summer is ruined when she is forced to travel to Africa and work in a remote village in Kenya with her mom and uncle. Never having been to a developing country, she finds the food gross and the community filthy. She has to live without electricity or running water. Then she is told she must attend school. Just when she thinks nothing could make this trip any worse, she learns people there are dying of hunger and preventable disease. Hannah becomes frustrated and wants to help, but when poverty threatens the lives of people she loves, all she...

Había una vez una cigarra que, sentada tranquilamente sobre una hoja, disfrutando del sol del verano, cantaba todo el día. Si veía pasar una pareja de ratoncitos buscando semillas, la cigarra cantaba: ¡Ay, ratoncito, cuanto afán por querer todo el año trabajar! ¡Cuanto afán, ratoncita: la fatiga te marchita! La colección Cuentos de bolsillo reúne los cuentos y fábulas de toda la vida relatados con una visión muy actual y acompañados por magníficas ilustraciones de artistas de primera línea. La redacción de los textos en letra ligada es ideal para iniciar a los más pequeños...

A Mateo le encanta viajar. Él viene y va todo el día, saltando de un lugar a otro. Se maravilla ante el perro de ojos azules, las arañas acróbatas y las vacas que pastan bajo la luz de la luna. Pero no importa dónde se encuentre, siempre se las arregla para regresar a tiempo para la cena y compartir historias de sus aventuras con su amigo. Una historia para sumergirse en el entorno del lago de Mateo y descubrir las maravillas que nos rodean. Mateo loves to travel. He comes and goes all day long, jumping up and down from place to place. He marvels at the blue-eyed dog, the acrobatic...

In this beloved tale, Sleeping Beauty is tricked by a wicked witch and falls into a deep, deep sleep! Children will eagerly continue reading to see if the prince can find her and wake her up. This title, retold in English and Spanish, is an excellent skill-builder for reading and foreign language comprehension. Between the covers of this 32-page book is a classic tale of magic, imagination, and inspiration that delights children again and again. The stories in this series capture children's interest and spark their imagination page after page. With captivating illustrations, this 8" x 8" book ...