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.

Mi gato es gordo Yo tengo un gato gordo. ¿Ves a mi gato? ¡No! Ese no es mi gato. Ese es un perro triste. Mi gato no es un perro triste. Un niño pierde su gato gordo y cumple con muchos otros animales en el camino. A little boy loses his fat cat and meets many other animals along the way. Simple sentences in Spanish make this an ideal introductory Spanish reader for children.

Victoria is the daughter of a Roman senator who must travel to Jerusalem to collect the inheritance left to her by her grandfather, a Hebrew scribe converted to Christianity. Her family tries at all costs to marry her off to her cousin to keep the inheritance. Nevertheless, she is in love with a Christian slave to whom she writes letters describing her personal experiences.

Federico García Lorca (Fuente Vaqueros, 1898 · Camino de Víznar a Alfacar, 1936), nació en un pequeño pueblo granadino. Publicó sus primeros poemas en revistas de prestigio y empezó a ganar popularidad con Poemas del cante jondo y Romancero gitano. En 1929 viajó a Nueva York donde escribió su famoso Poeta en Nueva York, una obra autobiográfica que reflejaba su tristeza y soledad. En 1936 el ejército dio un golpe de Estado y Lorca, que era considerado una amenaza por el nuevo régimen, fue detenido y, tres días después, fusilado. Federico García Lorca siempre será recordado como ...

Written by Carmela LaVigna Coyle, the bestselling author of the Do Princesses... series, and illustrated by Steve Gray, this album takes readers on a wild, animal-filled adventure through canyons, jungles, the arctic poles, and more!