Naufragio en las Filipinas

A touch and feel book introducing words which name textures associated with various animals such as scratchy cat, velvety cow, and rubbery fish.

Fresia cook in the baking contest; Lily and her incidents combing the animals in the zoo; the misadventures of Jasmine the fortuneteller and the unknown future; and nerves of Rosa ballerina when she gets on stage. Books to have fun, dream and grow a little more.

Chepita se trata de una cabrita que fue criada por Rita, una niña del campo. Al nacer se le murió su madre y de allí paso a manos de Rita. Ella la crío dándole leche de vaca en una botella. A la madre de Rita no le gustaba a Chepita, le decía a Rita ‘estos animales se comen todo lo que encuentran’. Y así fue, lo primero que se comió fue el jardín de Rita que ella cuidaba con mucho cariño. Mas tarde su madre tendía ropa y todo lo que Chepita alcanzaba lo mascaba. En verano la familia acostumbraba a comer afuera debajo del parron, Chepita de un salto se subía a la mesa botando...

Joe is eleven years old and does not remember ever living outside of his hospital room. His illness does not let him leave for even a moment and the few visits he receives can bring dangerous microbes to his "bubble." His parents died in a car accident many years ago and so the only person around is his sister, Beth. But his life drastically changes when a new nurse arrives from India in search of a better life in the United Kingdom.