Cipariso (Cyparissus)

A Special Prince Is Born Something exciting was happening in the big wildlife animal preserve. You could hear it first in the tumbling of the brooks and the waterfalls, and then in the rustling of tiny feet scurrying here and there throughout the forests and across the meadows. You could also see it in the bright green and yellow colors appearing across the valleys and on the lofty meadows, and then in the soft gold light that was replacing some of the shadows in the vast forests on the mountainsides. Even on most of the mountaintops, against the smooth, brilliant white of the snow, gold,...

In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.

Abelardo, joven filósofo prisionero del tedio, busca el sentido de la existencia fuera de la ciudad, encontrando inesperadas respuestas en la soledad del bosque. Eloísa, condesa descendiente de la dinastía más antigua de Francia, encontrará un amor que la llevará a decisiones drásticas. Esta novela renueva el romance medieval que ha cautivado a artistas, intelectuales y escritores: La historia de las calamidades. Al final, este amor enfrentará el reto más difícil…

The four books in this series introduce children to their surroundings by describing different types of homes, streets, stores, flowers, and school activities. The accompanying illustrations allow readers to visualize what the stories' protagonists see when they visit each other, go to school, or go out shopping with their mothers. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.