Mientras duermen las piedras / while the stones are sleeping

Morning, noon and night, Anita takes notes in her journal. Always at her side, this notebook is filled to the brim with drawings of everything Anita sees and writings of everything she thinks, feels, and dreams. This is a little girl who understands that everything around her is worthy of attention, and who inspires readers also to appreciate the beauty that surrounds them. Mañana, mediodía, y noche, Anita anota en su diario. Siempre con ella, este diario está completamente lleno con dibujos de todo que ella ve, y escrituras sobre sus creencias, emociones, y sueños. Anita es una niña que ...

Todo comenzó cuando Eduardo Armstrong le encargó al joven Óscar Vega dibujar a un niño colorín que viaja a otros planetas y épocas. El dibujante tenía apenas 23 años, pero su imaginación y su trazo lo llevaron a crear un personaje que ha perdurado durante medio siglo.

Some things are close -- cerca. Others are far -- lejos. With sweet simplicity, this charming dual-language board book and its companion volume, Lejos/Far, engage young children. Mi cuarto está cerca de la cocina. My bedroom is close to the kitchen. As she walks from her kitchen through a daisy-filled yard to the house next door, a little girl notices things that are close to each other -- just as the little boy she goes to visit is close to her.

This story is about a young geisha, Madame Butterfly, and her love for Pinkerton, U.S. Naval officer. In short time, they got married, but he back to USA. She promised waiting for him. A few years ago, he return to Japan with a new wife, and he discover that he has a daughter. He decided to take her and back to EEUU.