Mientras duermen las piedras / while the stones are sleeping

After helping her grandfather plant squash, onions, carrots, cabbage, and other vegetables that her mother uses in soups and salsas, seven-year-old Marisol plants sunflower seeds in her neighbors' yards, and weeks later, everyone gets to enjoy the fruitsof Marisol's labor.

Colorful and imaginative illustrations enhance a retelling of an old folktale about how Grandma, on her way to her grandson's wedding, outwits a wolf, a lion, and a bear--all intent on eating her for dinner.

This is a beautiful edition of the classic stories of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen. Some of the stories in this collection are incredibly popular, while others are lesser-known. They are all equally fantastic and extraordinary histories of princes and princesses in love. With beautiful illustrations, this will become a child's bedtime favorite.

El mismo día en que Amanda Black cumple trece años recibe una carta misteriosa que cambiará su vida. Y de qué manera. De vivir casi en la miseria, ella y su tía Paula pasan a mudarse a una mansión gigantesca y laberíntica que ha pertenecido a la familia Black durante generaciones. Por si fuera poco, el cuerpo de Amanda empieza a manifestar habilidades insospechadas y averigua que debe tomar posesión de un legado familiar apasionante, secreto y peligroso, para el que deberá comenzar a entrenarse de inmediato. ¿Estará Amanda a la altura de lo que se espera de ella? ¿De lo que sus...