The Silent Scream / El Grito Silencioso Bilingual (English & Spanish)

Los tres cerditos fueron advertidos por sus padres para que construyan casas fuertes. Hardy construyó una casa fuerte, pero Dozey y Pokey construyeron casas destartaladas. Después de escaparse por poco del lobo, Dozey y Pokey tienen un dramático cambio de opinión.

Two persnickety mice, Marcus and Marcella, keep complaining about the noisy forest animals and the hard work they have to do every day in searching for food. They become very excited when a chipmunk tells them about a quiet farmhouse with lots of good food. In spite of warnings from the forest animals, they immediately move to the farm. Their dreams come true. But their wonderful life comes to an abrupt end when the farmer and his wife come home to their unwelcome guests. After barely escaping with their lives, Marcus and Marcella quickly return to their forest home. They learn to appreciate...

When Jane complains to Sam about the crooked rows he has plowed, they decide to switch jobs for a day on their family farm. Both Sam and Jane expect to have lots of free time after each finishes the other’s “easy” job. In this hilarious story, Sam and Jane encounter one calamity after another doing each other’s “easy” chores. Sam’s cooking is a disaster, and he floods the house. Jane ends up exhausted with mud on her face and hair and the tractor stuck in the mud. It turns out to be the hardest day of their lives. They end up laughing at their misconceptions and learn to...

Three young men grew up together surrounded by poverty, gang pressure, and a drug infested environment. They are encouraged to dare to dream big dreams; two become successful and one ends up in prison. En la familia de Roy hay un misterio que lo intriga. Su padre, Nelson, y el mejor amigo de su padre, Jesse, son exitosos profesionales; pero su tío ha estado en la cárcel desde que él puede recordar. Los tres jóvenes crecieron juntos. ¿Cómo terminaron en lugares tan diferentes? Viaja con Nelson hacia su infancia. Allí los niños, rodeados por la pobreza, presiones de pandillas y un...

Empujé un baúl lleno de polvo que estaba en el «sótano sin terminar» de la casa a la que mi madre y yo nos acabábamos de mudar. Para mi sorpresa, había un dibujo debajo. Era un círculo con tres triángulos dentro. Cada triángulo tenía un ángel sosteniendo una cruz. Lo más raro de todo era el hecho de que el dibujo rojizo olía a sangre fresca. No me lo pensé dos veces y lo borré con una escoba. ¡No sabía que un vampiro llamado Nathan Jones estaba atrapado debajo del dibujo y que, gracias a mí, ya era libre para matar de nuevo!

Although she lives with an owl, two little lizards, three cats, four spiders and five mice, Leotarda the Witch feels very, very lonely. She decides to do something about it. Find out how she solves her predicament!

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra finds refuge from his difficult childhood by imagining the adventures of a brave but clumsy knight. Now available in Spanish, this fictionalized first-person biography in verse of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra follows the early years of the child who grows up to pen Don Quixote, the first modern novel. The son of a vagabond barber-surgeon, Miguel looks to his own imagination for an escape from his family's troubles and finds comfort in his colorful daydreams. At a time when access to books is limited and imaginative books are considered evil, Miguel is inspired by...

En el origen de un gran inventor está un niño que juega, observa y aprende a construir. Es el caso del pequeño Noma, que sueña con construir un tren de verdad. Hoy recorta cajas de cartón, y mañana será un gran ingeniero.