Palabra & Silencio

The Three Kings were enjoying the ongoing holiday revelry in Puerto Rico, feasting and leaving presents. Melchior overeats and falls asleep, taking the star of Bethlehem with him. His disappearance and recovery started the January tradition of Melchior's Feast, still celebrated in some parts of the Puerto Rican countryside.

Las tres chanchitas ya terminaron la escuela y ahora quieren probarse a sí mismas y vivir en una casa propia. Pero no será tan fácil, pues no solo deberán superar la pena de echar de menos a sus papás. También deberán encontrar un lugar lindo pero seguro, aprender organizarse y a superar sus miedos: ¿El Lobo Feroz será buen vecino?

Learning to read is kind of a big deal, and Lupe Lopez has a lot to learn—in her own feisty way—to reach her goal of becoming a Reading Rock Star. Famous at Hector P. Garcia Elementary for being the first kid in kindergarten to ever start a band, Lupe Lopez enters first grade seeking a new sort of fame. She’s ready to rock and roll straight into the role of Reading Rock Star! But despite her best efforts, the words she thought she knew—now grouped in sentences—only glare back at her. Stuck in Group A with the kids who can’t read, she becomes the object of a rival’s mockery. Will ...

"Una mula se enfrenta al triste destino de ser maltratada e incomprendida por sus diversos dueños, pero ella sabe algo que solo entenderá una persona justa, colaboradora y de gran corazón como lo es Jacinto, el carnicero del pueblo. Cuanto mayor sea el afecto que se exprese sin esperar recompensa, más grande es la satisfacción y la gratitud recibida."-- Back cover.