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  | | Manuelito (Spanish edition) von Elisa Amado, Abraham Urias Hardcover, 104 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2019 von Annick Press ISBN-13: 978-1-77321-271-5, ISBN: 1-77321-271-0 "Thirteen-year-old Manuelito is a gentle boy who lives with his family in a tiny village in the Guatemalan countryside. But life is far from idyllic: PACs―armed civil patrol―are a constant presence in the streets, and terrifying memories of the country’s war linger in the villagers’ collective conscience. Things deteriorate further when government-backed drug gangs arrive and take control of the village. Fearing their son will be forced ..." |
 | | Oloyou von Teresa Cardenas, Margarita Sada, Elisa Amado Hardcover, 32 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2008 von Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-0-88899-795-1, ISBN: 0-88899-795-7 "Oloyou the Cat, the very first creature that the God-child creates, is also the very first friend. God-child and Oloyou play together for hours on end, until one day the cat falls into the void and lands in the dark, featureless, sea kingdom of ferocious Okún Aró. Oloyou is terribly lonely until he meets Aró’s mermaid daughter and falls madly in love. Infuriated, the father flings the pair into the heavens, where they become an everlast ..." |
 | | Nocturne Dream Recipes von Elisa Amado Isol, Elisa Isol/ Amado Spiral, 32 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2012 von Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-1-55498-179-3, ISBN: 1-55498-179-4 "Nocturne: Dream Recipes is a unique bedtime book that hints at the magic inherent in dreaming.Twelve glow-in-the dark pictures present possible inspirations for a night in which the hidden world becomes visible. Just choose a dream from among the pictures and descriptions in the book, and then turn off the light to see a surprising glow-in-the-dark image. Included are dreams such as the dream of going far away, the boring book dream, th ..." |
 | | Guacamole Un poema para cocinar / A Cooking Poem (Bilingual Cooking Poems) von Jorge Argueta, Margarita Sada, Elisa Amado Paperback, 32 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2016 von Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-1-55498-888-4, ISBN: 1-55498-888-8 "Now available in paperback, Guacamole is the third title of Jorge Argueta’s popular bilingual Cooking Poems series, celebrating the joys of preparing, eating and sharing food. Guacamole originated in Mexico with the Aztecs and has long been popular in North America, especially in recent years due to the many health benefits of avocados. This version of the recipe is easy to make, calling for just avocados, limes, cilantro and salt. ..." |
 | | Arroz con leche / Rice Pudding Un poema para cocinar / A Cooking Poem (Bilingual Cooking Poems) von Jorge Argueta, Fernando Vilela, Elisa Amado Paperback, 32 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2016 von Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-1-55498-887-7, ISBN: 1-55498-887-X "Now available in paperback, Arroz con leche / Rice Pudding is the second title of Jorge Argueta’s popular bilingual Cooking Poems series, celebrating the joys of preparing, eating and sharing food. From sprinkling the rice into the pot, to adding a waterfall of milk, cinnamon sticks, salt stars and sugar snow, Jorge Argueta’s recipe is not only easy to follow, it is a poetic experience. The lively illustrations by Fernando Vilela ..." |
 | | Tamalitos Un poema para cocinar/A Cooking Poem (Bilingual Cooking Poems) von Jorge Argueta, Domi, Elisa Amado Hardcover, 32 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2013 von Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-1-55498-300-1, ISBN: 1-55498-300-2 "In his fourth cooking poem for young children, Jorge Argueta encourages more creativity and fun in the kitchen as he describes how to make tamalitos from corn masa and cheese, wrapped in cornhusks. In simple, poetic language, Argueta shows young cooks how to mix and knead the dough before dropping a spoonful into a cornhusk, wrapping it up and then steaming the little package. He once again makes cooking a full sensory experience, beati ..." |
 | | Tarde de invierno/Winter Afternoon (Spanish Edition) von Jorge Elias Lujan, Mandana Sadat, Jorge LujN, Elisa Amado, Jorge Luján Hardcover, 32 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2006 von Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-0-88899-718-0, ISBN: 0-88899-718-3 "In this simple, evocative book a little girl stands at a frosty window waiting for her mother to come home. She draws in the condensation on the windowpane and wonders where her mother is and when she might return. This book, featuring wonderfully atmospheric images by Mandana Sadat, perfectly captures both the feeling of a foggy, gray winter afternoon and the kind of lonesome, hopeful, watchful waiting that is so familiar to any child ..." |
 | | Guacamole Un poema para cocinar / A Cooking Poem (Bilingual Cooking Poems) (English and Spanish Edition) von Jorge Argueta, Elisa Amado, Margarita Sada Hardcover, 32 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2012 von Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-1-55498-133-5, ISBN: 1-55498-133-6 "Following on the success of Sopa de frijoles / Bean Soup and Arroz con leche / Rice Pudding is Jorge Argueta’s third book in our bilingual cooking poem series — Guacamole — with very cute, imaginative illustrations by Margarita Sada.Guacamole originated in Mexico with the Aztecs and has long been popular in North America, especially in recent years due to the many health benefits of avocados. This version of the recipe is easy to make, ..." |
 | | Let's Go See Papá! von Lawrence Schimel, Alba Marina Rivera, Elisa Amado Hardcover, 48 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2011 von Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-1-55498-106-9, ISBN: 1-55498-106-9 "The little girl in this story likes Sundays best of all it’s the day her father calls. She hasn’t seen him for over a year because he works far away across the ocean in the United States. She writes in her notebook every day, keeping a record of everything that happens to share with him when she finally sees him again. And she thinks about the fun they used to have when he was home taking their dog Kika to the park and buying fresh ..." |
 | | Doggy Slippers von Isol Jorge Lujan, Jorge Luján, Elisa Amado Hardcover, 36 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2010 von Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-0-88899-983-2, ISBN: 0-88899-983-6 "Children everywhere love pets, and some are even lucky enough to get their own. In Doggy Slippers Jorge Luján offers a collection of poems about pets inspired by children. Luján turned funny and touching anecdotes his young readers sent him about the role of pets in their lives into fresh poems, selecting the 12 best for this book. His status as one of the most important poets writing for children today, combined with Isol’s unique, chi ..." |
 | | Sky Blue Accident/Accidente celeste (English and Spanish Edition) von Jorge Elias Lujan, Piet Grobler, Elisa Amado, Jorge Luján Hardcover, 32 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2007 von Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-0-88899-805-7, ISBN: 0-88899-805-8 "This sweetly whimsical book describes a little boy who falls from his bicycle and crashes into the sky. The sky shatters, but the little boy puts some of the broken pieces into his pocket and, in the end, saves the day. The combination of Jorge Luján’s nonsense rhymes are well served in Elisa Amado's translation, while Piet Grobler’s illustrations are a delightfully playful treat for eyes and ears." |
 | | Light Foot/Pies ligeros von Natalia Toledo, Francisco Toledo, Elisa Amado Hardcover, 56 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2007 von Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-0-88899-789-0, ISBN: 0-88899-789-2 "Once upon a time no creatures on Earth died. But they had baby after baby, and before long the world grew crowded. Death decided to solve the problem by challenging everyone to a skip-rope contest -- as an immortal, Death won every time, and one by one everyone succumbed to her dare. Soon, every living being knew Death. This intriguing fable is based on Francisco Toledo's series of engravings of Death, a dominant figure in Mexican cultu ..." |
 | | Sun Stone Days/Tonaltin/Días de piedra (English and Spanish Edition) von Elisa Amado, Felipe Davalos, Illustrator-Ianna Andreadis, Peggy Espinosa, Ianna Andréadis Hardcover, 48 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2007 von Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-0-88899-810-1, ISBN: 0-88899-810-4 "Las creencias apocalípticas de los aztecas acerca del fin de los tiempos fueron descritas en el calendario de la Piedra del Sol encontrado en el año 1790 en lo que es hoy Ciudad México. En 20 exquisitos dibujos en pincel negro y blanco, por Ianna Andréadis, y una pintura a todo color de la Piedra del Sol, por Felipe Dávalos, el calendario azteca cobra vida. Cada mes se presenta en inglés, español y nahuatl, y el texto aporta contexto a ..." |
 | | Un barrilete / Barrilete para el Día de los Muertos / A Kite for the Day of the Dead von Elisa Amado, Joya Hairs Paperback, 32 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2012 von Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-1-55498-112-0, ISBN: 1-55498-112-3 "In Guatemala, there is a village called Santiago Sacatepéquez. It is a very small but famous place because once a year, on the day of the Day of the Dead, the people of Santiago fly some of the biggest kites in the world. As large as seven meters (twenty-three feet) wide, they fill the sky over the cemetery with brilliant colors.Juan and his brothers always helped their grandfather build the kite for the Day of the Dead. But their grand ..." |
 | | Morning Glory von Max Sandra Comino, Elisa Amado, Illustrator-Max Paperback, 64 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2008 von Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-0-88899-643-5, ISBN: 0-88899-643-8 "Every single morning of his life, Ivan does the same thing. He gets up. He eats breakfast. He sits at the table. In theory, he does his homework. But instead of studying, Ivan sits at the table and stares hypnotically out the window, mesmerized by the huge morning glory vine growing on the opposite wall. One morning he spies a gigantic rat climbing the vine. His cry of horror soon unleashes a day of madness and misunderstanding. As more ..." |
 | | Salsa von Jorge Argueta, Duncan Tonatiuh, Elisa Amado Paperback, 32 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2017 von Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-1-77306-003-3, ISBN: 1-77306-003-1 "In this new cooking poem, Jorge Argueta brings us a fun and easy recipe for a yummy salsa. A young boy and his sister gather the ingredients and grind them up in a molcajete, just like their ancestors used to do, singing and dancing all the while. The children imagine that their ingredients are different parts of an orchestra the tomatoes are bongos and kettledrums, the onion, a maraca, the cloves of garlic, trumpets and the cilantro, t ..." |
 | | Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds (English and Spanish Edition) von Jorge Argueta, Alfonso Ruano, Elisa Amado Hardcover, 36 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2016 von Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-1-55498-849-5, ISBN: 1-55498-849-7 "Why are young people leaving their country to walk to the United States to seek a new, safe home? Over 100,000 such children have left Central America. This book of poetry helps us to understand why and what it is like to be them. This powerful book by award-winning Salvadoran poet Jorge Argueta describes the terrible process that leads young people to undertake the extreme hardships and risks involved in the journey to what they hope w ..." |
 | | Salsa Un poema para cocinar / A Cooking Poem (Bilingual Cooking Poems) von Jorge Argueta, Duncan Tonatiuh, Elisa Amado Hardcover, 32 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2015 von Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-1-55498-442-8, ISBN: 1-55498-442-4 "In this new cooking poem, Jorge Argueta brings us a fun and easy recipe for a yummy salsa. A young boy and his sister gather the ingredients and grind them up in a molcajete, just like their ancestors used to do, singing and dancing all the while. The children imagine that their ingredients are different parts of an orchestra — the tomatoes are bongos and kettledrums, the onion, a maraca, the cloves of garlic, trumpets and the cilantro, ..." |
 | | Moví la mano / I Moved My Hand von Jorge Luján, Mandana Sadat, Elisa Amado Hardcover, 32 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2014 von Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-1-55498-485-5, ISBN: 1-55498-485-8 "When a little girl moves her hand, she changes the world as she discovers it. As she moves her known world, she discovers her own power and creates everything anew. The poem, written by Argentine poet Jorge Luján, comes from a culture saturated with magic, in which even the very young can make the world by reaching out and moving it. Mandana Sadat’s imaginative illustrations deepen and enrich the text. Moví la mano / I Moved My Hand is ..." |
 | | My Tattooed Dad von Daniel Nesquens, Sergio Mora, Illustrator-Magicomora, Elisa Amado Hardcover, 48 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2011 von Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-1-55498-109-0, ISBN: 1-55498-109-3 "A young boy describes what life is like when his dad comes home how he fries up chicken samosas for dinner, how he makes jokes and fools around, and how he carries him off to bed when he is sleepy. His dad also tells wonderful stories of his adventures in far-off lands, often inspired by his many, many exotic tattoos. His letters to his son are also full of great stories about the past what the first date with his mother was like (i ..." |