Pantalones nuevos, ¡no! (No New Pants!)

Hopping, skipping, and running prove to be fun but tiring activities, so maybe it is best to have a rest.

Hop, hop, hop! Skip, skip, skip! Run, run, run! There's a boy who loves to hop -- high and low, forward and backward. And another one who loves to skip -- over the fields, in town, all around. There's a girl who loves to run -- as light as a feather and as fast as the wind. What happens when they all head to the same place?

It is the third Monday in January and school is closed. But do you know why? It's Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Turn the pages of this book to find out what dream Dr. King shared with the world, who Mohandas Gandhi was, how one brave woman helped Martin Luther King Jr. change history. Each book in the Holiday Histories series describes one of America's holidays or special days. Explore the history of each day and learn the real reason why it is important. Discover what special meaning each day might have for you.

Introduce little ones to the vowels through the help of La Catrina in both English and Spanish! Don't forget to round out the o for ofrenda, and carefully sound out your i for iluminación just in time to light the way to the celebrations. Inspired by one of the strongest icons of Día de Muertos or "Day of the Dead," this book introduces little ones to the vowels in both English and Spanish - and teaches them to recognize them by the sound they make! This book is perfect for parents to guide their little ones through the vowels in both English and Spanish, as well as introduce them to the...

HernanCortes parte rumbo al Yucatan con la mision de auxiliar a la expedicion de Juan Grijalva que enviara el gobernadorde Cuba, Diego Velazquez, y de la cual no se habia vuelto a tener noticia. Noobstante, poco antes de la partida, el gobernador decide desposeerle del mando, pero Cortes consigue hacerse a lamar, y luego de vicisitudes sin cuento, se adentra en ignotos territorios dominados por los indios mexicas, cuyo emperador, Moctezuma, rige susvastos dominios desde la ciudad de Tenochtitlan.En un principio, Moctezuma cree saber queHernan Cortes es la encarnacion del diosQuetzalcoatl, "La ...

Koba el Temible –un libro de memorias, una crónica, una meditación sobre Stalin y su legado– es una continuación de Experiencia, la aplaudida autobiografía de Martin Amis. Es básicamente un libro político sin dejar de ser personal. Se centra en un importante punto débil del pensamiento del siglo XX: la tolerancia de los intelectuales occidentales ante el comunismo. Entre el personal comienzo y el final personal, Amis nos ofrece el mejor «cursillo» que se ha escrito sobre Stalin: Koba el Temible, lósif el Terrible. El padre del autor, Kingsley Amis, aunque manifestó tendencias...