La Pobrecita Mili

Nicholas, a bored teenager, had to spend long hours watching his family’s sheep. To break the boredom he dreamed of ways to have fun. His practical jokes caused him to suffer loss, but it also opened his eyes. Nicolás sabe que vigilar a las ovejas de la familia es importante, pero considera que es uno de los trabajos más aburridos del mundo. Para romper con el aburrimiento, simula ser atacado y se ríe hasta el cansancio viendo cómo las personas del pueblo suben la colina, apuradas por ayudarlo. Desde su punto de vista, sus bromas prácticas son un gran éxito, pero las personas del...

When Jane complains to Sam about the crooked rows he has plowed, they decide to switch jobs for a day on their family farm. Both Sam and Jane expect to have lots of free time after each finishes the other’s “easy” job. In this hilarious story, Sam and Jane encounter one calamity after another doing each other’s “easy” chores. Sam’s cooking is a disaster, and he floods the house. Jane ends up exhausted with mud on her face and hair and the tractor stuck in the mud. It turns out to be the hardest day of their lives. They end up laughing at their misconceptions and learn to...

“It’s not fair!” shouted Buzzie the bee, when she accidentally finds out worker bees do ALL the work. Before this Buzzie was a happy worker bee, but now she’s furious! She starts a major revolt among the younger worker bees. The angry younger bees leave the hive to start their own. In the new hive the young bees argue and fight over who should do the work. Everyone wants the easiest job! Discover how bees live, eat and multiply in this educational and compelling tale about the importance of teamwork and a good attitude. Learn how working together under a leader is the key to...

Para el cumpleaños de María, mamá ha preparado una fiesta sorpresa: Todos sus amigos han sido invitados, incluso Samuel, de quien María está enamorada, pero nadie lo sabe. Sólo que ésta no es la fiesta que María hubiera deseado. A las cinco de la tarde, todos los invitados están ahí, divirtiéndose. Todos, menos Samuel.

Act out the story of a group of children who need to set rules for their camping trip! They use the United States Constitution as an example, discovering the reasons it was written, what it means for democracy in our country, and how it gives citizens rights, laws, and freedoms. Will the children be able to make a camping constitution of their own? This script has been translated into Spanish and includes six roles, each of which match a different reading level. Teachers can apply differentiation and English language learner strategies to the script to assign roles in a way that accommodates...

An updated version of the timeless children's classic featuring a business-savvy mouse, a kind alley cat, and a talented country cricket, featuring a new foreword and revisions by YA author Stacey Lee. Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought he'd seen it all. But he's never met a cricket before, which really isn't surprising, because, along with his friend Harry Cat, Tucker lives in the very heart of New York City—the Times Square subway station. Chester Cricket never intended to leave his Connecticut meadow. He'd be there still if he hadn't followed the entrancing aroma of liverwurst ...

John vive en Londres, a orillas del río Támesis. Cuando su padre, el capitán Lemuel Gulliver, vuelve de sus largos viajes le habla de tierras remotas gobernadas por caballos parlanchines, de hombres que nunca envejecen ni mueren, de vacas gigantescas que pueden alimentar ejércitos, de sedas de araña más fuertes que las sogas de los barcos. Un día, deseoso de ver con sus propios ojos esas maravillas, y harto de esperar a que su padre lo lleve en uno de sus viajes, John se embarca en su busca. En su travesía por medio mundo, naufraga en una isla donde los libros andan y se comportan...