Los ratones de la senora Marlowe / The Mice of Mrs. Marlowe

When Chico starts the third grade after his migrant worker family moves to begin harvesting California grapes, he finds that self confidence and math skills help him cope with the first day of school. Simultaneous.

Shaped like a square -- with arms and legs that rattle -- "Senor Cuadrado" certainly lives up to his name. This delightful soft book in the "Shape Family" series tells the story of Senor Cuadrado's birthday celebration with friends and family, while it introduces little ones to everyday objects with a square shape: a toy box, books, a telephone, a jack-in-a-box, blocks, and a house.

This book covers the stories of the ancient tribes of the United States and Canada: the Sioux, the Blackfoot, the Cherokee... but also the Snohomish and the Micmac. From the Sonoran desert to frigid Alaska, passing through the Great Lakes or the states of Columbia, Dakota and Washington, this is a great anthology about those Indians who still fascinate us all today.

Rosendo, de 12 años, sufre un problema en las cuerdas vocales que le hace tener voz de pito. Ha aprendido a vivir con ese defecto y la gente a su alrededor lo acepta hasta que llega al colegio. Allí, Lautaro, dos años mayor y muy popular gracias a su habilidad para dibujar, sin que nadie más lo note, empieza a atormentarlo. Lo obliga a darle cosas, le pone apodos y lo castiga físicamente. Cuando el chico reúne fuerzas y consigue defenderse del abusón, parece, a ojos de los demás, que él es el acosador. Gracias al apoyo de su padre, Rosendo conseguirá explicar que ha sido la víctima ...