El retrato de Mikaela o la triste historia del pintor ruso

This book takes a very poetic look at the four seasons. When raindrops tickle, snowflakes are stars, and there are 12 moons in the sky, you know something spectacular is happening.

Ten-year-old Robin Brogan lives with his widowed mother, who runs a small bed-and-breakfast. When a new family moves into the house next door, Robin and his mother are drawn in by their agreeably chaotic lifestyle, and Robin overcomes his fear of dogs when his new friends help him rescue an abandoned dog. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

Did you know that colors can tell stories? The illustrations in this charming board book introduce your brilliant baby to all kinds of things that are blue, including finny fish and giant whales in the deep blue sea, a blue-jeaned cowboy eating blueberries, and Bluebeard the pirate by the waters of a nearby river. Our blue planet Earth begins this fun story that leads in surprising directions, all with a cool and sincere blue tone. Part of the Colors series. Illustrator Xavier Salomó was born in Barcelona. He studied illustration, drawing, and printing at the Massana School of Barcelona and...

Charles Perrault, basado tal vez en una historia verdadera, escribe el cuento de Barba Azul, un hombre dotado de una maldad suprema, quien se casa con una joven aparentemente ingenua, a la cual le tiende una trampa, al darle una llave con la explícita advertencia de que no la usara. Perrault hace referencia en este cuento a una práctica que sigue realizándose en nuestro mundo actual: la violencia doméstica, la violencia contra las mujeres, la cual debe ser erradicada ya, so pena de seguir arrastrando ese atavismo, en detrimento de todos nosotros.