Me llaman heroe (They Call Me a Hero)

This book introduces readers to what it means to celebrate Divali, and shows them why this holiday is special.

A 2014 report by the US Department of Education found that 22 percent of students ages twelve to eighteen had experienced bullying. This cogent narrative provides readers with supportive methods to help a friend who is being bullied and to promote a bully-free learning environment at school. Physical, social, psychological, and verbal bullying are examined, as well as cyberbulling. Readers discover the consequences of bullying both as a target and as a bystander. They also consider ways to intervene in a bullying situation, how to seek adult help, and how to be empowered and recover from...

The combination of violins, trumpets, sombreros, and song possesses the power to not only lighten the heart but weigh it down as well. This book journeys to the time and place where mariachi music originated and reveals the various musical traditions that combined to form the richest, most popular, and most highly regarded tradition of Mexico. La combinación de violines, trompetas, sombreros y canciones capaces de desgarrar o alegrar el corazón de cualquiera, mexicano o extranjero. Este libro viaja a través del tiempo y las regiones donde se originó el mariachi y descubre las distintas...

La increíble historia de la imposible caza y captura de la alegría resulta una novela paródica de calado contemporáneo, donde el humor sirve de antídoto ante la tragedia y se inspira en los sucesos de la “primavera árabe” y las experiencias de su autor, vinculado con los rebeldes libios que derrocaron al dictador Muamar el Gadafi. La historia de la búsqueda y captura de la alegría es un símbolo de los intentos de los poderosos por domeñar a los pueblos y de la imposibilidad de detener las aspiraciones humanas de conquistar un mejor futuro.