Gaia y el globo mágico: África

Tash hides from her best friends the trouble that she is having at home, with her single mother struggling to hold three jobs and care for Tash and her brothers as her health declines.

O aclamado autor Alan Gratz oferece-nos um romance cheio de ação que aflora temas oportunos e intemporais: coragem, sobrevivência e a busca por um lar.Três crianças diferentes. Uma missão em comum: FUGIR!JOSEF é um rapaz judeu que vive na Alemanha nazi, na década de 1930. Com a crescente ameaça dos campos de concentração, ele e a sua família embarcam num navio rumo ao outro lado do mundo...ISABEL é uma rapariga cubana em 1994. Com motins e distúrbios a proliferarem no seu país, ela e a sua família partem num bote, esperando encontrar segurança na América...MAHMOUD é um...

Elements of magical realism turn a grandmother/grandson day of fishing into an extraordinary experience. When this duo casts out their lines, they catch some fish and a snapping turtle. But with a little time and patience, they catch all sorts of unexpected things in Magic Lake--rollerblades, fuzzy slippers, a fire-breathing dragon, and a ferry that takes them to faraway places. The young boy learns that life is an adventure filled with the magic of possibility.

In this Spanish book, Ms. Wilde is an eccentric teacher who loves to come to class dressed up as her favorite storybook character. She reads to the class with great enthusiasm. She also brings her dog, Oscar, to school as well. When the class decides to perform "Little Red Riding Hood," little Oscar interferes with Ms. Wilde's best laid plans. On the day the costumes are set to arrive, the class gets the wildest assortment of costumes, none of which are right for "Little Red Riding Hood!" Can Ms. Wilde's class figure out what to do in this predicament? Endearing illustrations of Ms. Wilde's...