Cuentos mínimos

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 ...

Presents a song in Spanish designed to promote language consciousness and reading readiness accompanied by a rhyming text in English and illustrations depicting a Latino boy's day, and followed by a literal translation into English.

Cristóforo, a sixteen-year-old cabin boy, narrates his love for a girl, and his dream trip by land to Florence in search of a map that eventually will take him to the New World.

Las reconocidas autoras de este libro recopilaron once cuentos de todas partes del mundo y cada uno de ellos incluye ilustraciones. Algunas de las historias narradas son: ¿Por qué las personas tienen pelos? (cuento de los kuna de Panamá), El sastre intrépido (cuento celta) y Mañana es mañana (cuento judío, de Afganistán).