Loteria de adivinanzas / Lottery of Riddles

Three stories in verse about a chicken that ate a ball of yarn and hatched chicks wearing sweaters, two farmers who could not tell their pigs apart and a mysterious talking dog accompanied by a mute cat. Based on traditional Huasteca poetry of Mexico.

When people think of soft things, they immediately conjure up images of furry bunnies and similarly textured animals and objects. This inviting book helps young readers to do the same, as learning about textures is an important tenet of the early elementary curriculum. Carefully selected photographs of soft objects make the concept of texture clear to the reader as well as aid in vocabulary acquisition.

Stephen F. Austin grew up to become known as the Father of Texas. Readers can learn about his interesting and incredible life in this appealing biography that has been translated into Spanish and highlights both Austin's life and Texas history. Through vivid images and illustrations, supportive text, an accommodating glossary and index, and fascinating facts, readers will learn about Texas pioneers, the empresario system, Freemasons, and how Austin became such an important figure in Texas history.

In June of 1870, Charles Dickens died before finishing his last novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. The ending of that novel would become one of the great literary enigmas of all time. In 2018 the filmmaker Hugo Almagro agrees to write a script about The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

El presente volumen incluye dos obras de juventud de una de las personalidades más relevantes del siglo XVI italiano: Eneas Silvio Picolomini (1405-1464), conocido como Pio II tras ser elegido papa en 1458. La colección de poemas Cintia está formada por veintitrés composiciones de tono erótico destinadas a Angela Acherisi. Por su parte, la Historia de dos amantes narra el amor de Lucrecia, noble matrona de la ciudad de Siena, por Euríalo, caballero de la corte del emperador Segismundo, y en ella adquiere mucha importancia la comunicación epistolar.