"From one of the great creative teams in picture books, On the Other Side of the Garden is about a city girl learning to accept the change brought about by her parents’ separation when she is taken to her grandmother’s house in the country and befriended by an owl, a frog and a mouse.When her father leaves her at her grandmother’s house, the young girl at the center of this story feels abandoned and lonely. Her mother has moved to anothe ..."
"In this moving and timely story, a young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the U.S. border. They travel mostly on the roof of a train known as The Beast, but the little girl doesn t know where they are going. She counts the animals by the road, the clouds in the sky, the stars. Sometimes she sees soldiers. She sleeps, dreaming that she is always on the move, although sometimes they ..."
"Jimmy lives in a small Caribbean town where there's not a whole lot to do. Fortunately though, there is a boxing gym, and one day the owner, Don Apolinar, suggests that Jimmy start training. He also gives Jimmy a cardboard box full of books and newspaper clippings all about Muhammad Ali. Jimmy reads and re-reads as he never has before. He is swept with admiration for Ali who said, "I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was ..."
"Trees are hanging from the sky, their roots are snakes, or sometimes rivers, their leaves are fish. Are those roots entwined in clouds or stars?Our hero’s mother warned him not to eat before going to bed and not to sleep with his arms crossed on his chest or he will have nightmares. But he doesn’t mind because he loves these trees. Even so, it’s a good thing his bed is close to the ground because he is a little bit scared of heights and ..."
"A deceptively simple, imaginative story depicting the complex emotional reality of a girl whose father no longer lives at home.The girl conjures up an imaginary companion, a lion, who will come with her on the long walk home from school. He will help her to pick up her baby brother from daycare and shop at the store (which has cut off the family’s credit), and he’ll keep her company all along the way until she is safe at home. He will a ..."
"Funny, fresh and very modern, this update on the fable of the lion and the mouse is a marvelous tale of a relationship between two unlikely friends. One day, the mouse marches into the lion’s den without an invitation. Before the lion can eat him for breakfast, the mouse begs for mercy. “If you let me go, I might be able to return the favor.” The lion laughs at the idea of such a small, insignificant creature helping him out … until the ..."
"Jimmy lives in a small Caribbean town where there's not a whole lot to do. Fortunately though, there is a boxing gym, and one day the owner, Don Apolinar, suggests that Jimmy start training. He also gives Jimmy a cardboard box full of books and newspaper clippings all about Muhammad Ali. Jimmy reads and re-reads as he never has before. He is swept with admiration for Ali who said, "I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was ..."
"Have you ever tried to imagine what it's like to be a bug? When Eloísa moves to a new city, she feels like she doesn't fit in. In her new life, "bugs" are synonymous to everything that's new and different. Readers will see Eloísa as a frightened and vulnerable girl trying to deal with new surroundings."
Papá oso(1st Edition) (Spanish Edition) von RafaelYockteng Board Book, 14 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2017 von Anaya Publishing ISBN-13: 978-84-944988-3-1, ISBN: 84-944988-3-5
"A little boy shares a day in the life of his beloved Papa Bear."
"Inevitable recordar el libro de "Emigrantes" de Shaun Tan ante esta historia que refleja la misma extrañeza de los que dejan su lugar de origen para trasladarse a otras geografías donde deben vivir. Con una vuelta de tuerca a la expresión "sentirse un bicho raro" es Eloísa la que aterriza en mundo de bichos, en apariencia muy diferentes a ella y a su padre, al que debe adaptarse. La ilustración es la encargada de transportarnos a este m ..."
"Pets come in different sizes and shapes. Some of them have fur and some have feathers. The favorite pet of the little boy in this book has two legs--sometimes four--and wears a tie."
"This delightful recipe in poem form shows us all, young and old, how to make a heartwarming, tummy-filling bean soup from gathering the beans, onions and garlic to letting them swim in the pot until the house smells wonderful and it’s time for supper.A young boy helps his mother prepare a soup the whole family will enjoy using ingredients from Mother Earth. Onions are yellow as the dawn,” beans are like stars spread out on the sky o ..."