El Oso, El Mejor Amigo del Hombre

A little girl catches a cold from her seatmate at school, chickenpox from her little brother, and other illnesses from other people, but there is one contagion she really does want to catch.

Fifteen-year-old Julián is a shy boy who works in his grandfather's pet store. One day, a girl asks him help to find the best owner for her puppy, since her parents have forbidden her to keep it. She and Julián begin the sweetest story of love and friendship. With strokes of humor and much tenderness, the author bets on understanding in the present to repair the wounds of the past, and to project a much more hopeful future.

On the first day of school, Javier is confused. In looking for the boys washroom, he mistakenly enters the girls washroom. There he sees Angeles and immediately falls in love. His new love, however, is not as sweet and enchanting as she seems.

¡Hola, amigos! Me llamo Sara Rubio y tengo diez años recién cumplidos. Vivo en una casa normal, como la de todos vosotros, pero tiene un pequeño secreto que la hace muy especial. Veréis, la nevera de mi casa no es exactamente lo que parece. En realidad, dentro de mi frigorífico hay un mundo mágico que se llama MundoVera, y está lleno de las cosas más increíbles que os podáis imaginar. Hay edificios construidos con cubitos de hielo, tomates tan grandes como una catedral y un ejército de palitos de merluza que llevan espadas hechas con raspas. También hay indios salvajes con cabeza ...

"A wonderfully simple book that’s simply wonderful for reading aloud." — Booklist (starred review) Available in a dual Spanish-English edition! A Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book Three starred reviews (Booklist, The Horn Book, School Library Journal) One child. One swing. An obliging dad. The inevitable plea to go Higher! Higher! Add Leslie Patricelli’s wildly expressive illustrations, and an everyday pastime reaches new heights of humor and whimsy. How high can it go? Higher than a giraffe? Taller than a mountain? Is Earth the final frontier? In this ingenious story of very few words, ...

When Sky sees Zed, the bad boy from her new school, she cannot get him out of her head. He communicates with her with his thoughts and reads her mind. He is tormented by his past and future danger. Sky begins to have paranormal experiences which enable her to discover her true identity. She must now decide whether to accept both her new life and love.

Pattie Patty sueña con ser bailarina, pero cada vez que lo intenta se cae. Los gansos se ríen de ella y sus compañeros patos sólo atinan a mover la cabeza de un lado al otro, pues sienten un poco de vergüenza. Patty lo intenta todo: zapatillas de punta, tutú e incluso una tiara, pero nada sirve. Una y otra vez vuelve a caerse. Finalmente, sintiéndose muy desmoralizada por no poder lograr lo que se propone y por la risa de los gansos, la pequeña para de bailar, se rinde y comienza a llorar. Entonces intervienen sus amigos, Perro, Cerdo y Rana, y le dicen que su baile proporciona...