Los ojos de mamá

Para edades 7-12 Lizzie Browning ama más que nada a su pequeña isla-hogar de Guernsey, pero cuando las bombas alemanas caen sobre su cristalina playa, su tranquila vida explota. Durante meses, la gran guerra en Europa no había sido nada más que reportajes en el periódico, pero cuando el enemigo invade Guernsey, ella se encuentra la guerra en la puerta de su casa. Para Lizzie, su hermano menor Andrés y su primo Santi, el tiempo para escapar es ahora y saben exactamente cómo lograrlo.Felipe Seifert, el chico raro que vive calle abajo, tiene toda la pinta de ser un colaborador de los...

Ms. Collignon teaches French and music in a respectable school in Barcelona’s tony Zona Alta neighborhood. Without warning, the administration transfers her to a school in the Raval neighborhood, an area of the city with a substantial immigrant population. Her comfortable life is upended as Ms. Collignon must learn to deal with students of diverse nationalities and cultures. Undaunted, she cajoles her students to help her undertake an ambitious project: the Rainbow Chorale. This heartwarming story is an excellent introduction to the topic of diversity and urban life. La señorita Collignon...

Twins Luis and José travel around the fantasy world of the brothers Grimm. There, they meet characters like Snow White, Rapunzel, Cinderella, the Valiant Little Tailor, and Hansel and Gretel. The boys investigate the reason that stepmothers are personified as evil, but they must do it before the sand in the hourglass runs out.

A captivating and child-friendly look at the extraordinary journey that monarch butterflies take each year from Canada to Mexico; with a text in both English and Spanish. Rhyming text and lively illustrations showcase the epic trip taken by the monarch butterflies. At the end of each summer, these international travelers leave Canada to fly south to Mexico for the winter--and now readers can come along for the ride! Over mountains capped with snow, to the deserts down below. Children will be delighted to share in the fascinating journey of the monarchs and be introduced to the people and...