El mismo que viste y calza / The same as that dress and fits

Now available in Spanish! An eleven-year-old’s world is upended by political turmoil in this “lyrically ambitious tale of exile and reunification” (Kirkus Reviews) from an award-winning poet, based on true events in Chile. Celeste Marconi is a dreamer. She lives peacefully among friends and neighbors and family in the idyllic town of Valparaiso, Chile—until one day when warships are spotted in the harbor and schoolmates start disappearing from class without a word. Celeste doesn’t quite know what is happening, but one thing is clear: no one is safe, not anymore. The country has been ...

The beautiful Martina Josefina Catalina Cucaracha doesn't know coffee beans about love and marriage, so when suitors come calling, what is she to do? Luckily, she has her Cuban family to help! While some of the Cucarachas offer Martina gifts to make her more attractive, only Abuela, her grandmother, gives her some useful advice: spill coffee on his shoes to see how he handles anger. At first, Martina is skeptical of her Abuela's suggestion, but when suitor after suitor fails the Coffee Test, she wonders if a little green cockroach can ever find true love. After reading this award-winning...

En este libro ilustrado para niños, un aviador, una enfermera, una inventora, un oculista y un urbanista son los ejémplos en la lección sobre las vocales que presenta el baul hablante.

Todo el mundo sabe que los goblins son seres glotones, sucios, feroces... y algo tontos también. Skarper, sin embargo, es especial, es el único goblin del clan que se interesa por el conocimiento de la historia y de las palabras. «¡Ojalá nunca hubiera puesto los ojos en ese maldito mapa!», se dice cuando el temible rey Knobbler lo lanzapulta desde lo alto de la Torre Puntanegra. Para su sorpresa, aterriza en una nube, donde se topa con Henwyn de Adherak, un caballero en ciernes, cuyo único afán es salvar a la princesa Eluned de las garras del gigante Fraddon. Skarper y Henwyn se...