Las niñas ya no quieren ser princesas

Mu-lan ha caído enferma. Es una mujer mayor y pobre que cuida de los huérfanos en la aldea. Todos sus niños son especiales: Zou, Xian, Lixu, Yun, Lian y Yuga. Pero Zou, con 9 años, es la más mayor. Sabe que si Mu-lan no puede ir a vender sombreros al mercado de la ciudad, pasarán hambre. Así que se ofrece a llevarlos ella misma. Para hacerlo tendrá que atravesar el bosque sin perderse, conseguir vender los sombreros y regresar a casa antes de que anochezca. Luisa Villar Liébana (Jaén, 1950) es una filóloga hispánica, técnica de cultura y escritora española. Ha publicado...

A tender and poignant story about loving something—and knowing when to let it go. Noi and his father live in a house by the sea. Noi’s father works hard as a fisherman and Noi often has only their six cats for company. So when, one day, he finds a baby whale washed up on the beach after a storm, Noi is excited and takes it home to care for it. He tries to keep his new friend a secret, but there is only so long you can keep a whale in the bath without your dad finding out. Noi is eventually persuaded that the whale has to go back to the sea where it belongs, but now very much aware of his...

An Ethiopian boy called Delke writes a letter to a class of Puerto Rican children in which he describes his country and sends them pictures of African animals with rhyming captions.

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...