La Flor Mas Oscura. El Perfume de Las Sombras

A cuddly and woolly black sheep offers its wool to its master, its dame, and the little boy down the lane in this delightfully illustrated version of the traditional poem. This book has been translated into Spanish and allows for a wonderful shared reading experience for children who are just beginning to learn to read. The familiar rhyme and images help new readers tell the story either as they read or as they are read to.

Un clásico impactante. Un libro imprescindible sobre hacerse mayor y sobre la guerra, escrito con inteligencia y sutileza, y lleno de suspense. Invierno de 1944-1945. Holanda se halla bajo el poder de los nazis. La población pasa hambre, y un grupo de la Resistencia decide asaltar una oficina de racionamiento. Un integrante del comando confía a Michel una carta que deberá entregar a un tal Bertus si fracasa la acción. Los asaltantes son sorprendidos, y cuando Michel va en busca de Bertus comprueba que también éste ha sido detenido. Ahora es él quien, a sus dieciséis años, debe...

Six-year-old Ana looks forward to growing older and being allowed more responsibility in making the tamales for the family's Christmas celebrations.

In Xavier Garza’s bilingual kids’ book, young Carlitos attends his first lucha libre match in Mexico City. At ringside, Carlitos sees the famous luchador—the Man in the Silver Mask, a man whose eyes look terribly familiar. The masked wrestler even smiles at Carlitos! He is mesmerized as the Man in the Silver Mask is pitted against the terrible forces of evil—los rudos, the bad guys of lucha libre. They make the audience boo and hiss! In the end, though, the Man in the Silver Mask triumphs and, in the process, gains a lifelong fan.