El Oso, El Mejor Amigo del Hombre

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.

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.

Un día como cualquier otro se convierte en un día raro para un niño que ha experimentado un importante cambio en su vida. Ahora, ni la taza de chocolate de todos los días ni la banca del parque parecen ser los mismos. El tiempo pasa y tiene que desempeñar un cometido personal antes de partir. Sin embargo, "los días raros se aburren y se van."

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.

All the children at school are making their superheroes' albums, and at recess, they exchange their duplicate stamps. By doing some cheating, Santiago is the first in completing his collection and turns it in for a fabulous prize. That night, however, Santiago meets one those superheroes, Hatsune, who along with his fox, Atzaru, will teach Santiago a valuable lesson in honesty.

Michael Rivera Marín plantea a través de lo imaginario una semejanza con la realidad del momento actual. Nos conduce por Ciudad Babel al mundo de un grupo de jóvenes amigos, que se ven enfrentados a buscar la verdad en medio de la ceguera, sordera y abulia de quienes los rodean. Todo es raro en Ciudad Babel, pero a nadie parece afectarle. Solo ellos han descubierto que hay una verdad escondida. La trama se desarrolla con lucidez en un texto lleno de simbologías y signos que empujan a descubrir lo vedado. En la primera página nos encontramos con una cita de Las Rubaiatas de Omar Khayyam:...

Lyon, Francia, noviembre de 1886. Emilia descubre en la habitación de su nueva casa las cartas escritas por una niña de su edad en época de la Revolución Francesa. La protagonista de las cartas, Carlota, se ha infiltrado en el comité revolucionario con la esperanza de salvar la vida de algunos sacerdotes, mientras que su hermana Isabel ha puesto rumbo a Inglaterra. A pesar del siglo que las separa, Emilia va descubriendo en las cartas un cierto paralelismo entre su vida y la de Carlota. Con ayuda de su amiga Constanza, Emilia se lanza a una verdadera investigación sobre Carlota que la...

Noah Z. Jones turns well-known fairy tales upside-down in this humorous new series! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. In the Land of Fake Believe, Princess meets a strange girl named Moldylocks. When Princess's stomach grumbles, Moldylocks takes her to the home of the Three Beards. The girls sit in the Beards' chairs, eat their chili, and jump on their beds. The Three Beards are not happy when they get home--and they are very, very hungry! Will Moldylocks and Princess go into the chili pot? With...