Gran libro de los retratos de animales

She was little and quick and pretty. Her mother nicknamed her Colibri, Spanish for "Hummingbird". At age four she was kidnapped, torn from her parents on a crowded bus in Guatemala City. Since then, she's traveled with "Uncle," the ex-soldier and wandering beggar who has renamed her Rosa. Uncle has always told Rosa that he searched for his parents but had no success. There's almost no chance Rosa will ever find them--but Rosa still remembers and longs for them. When she was young, Uncle consulted fortune-tellers who told him that Rosa would bring him luck--a treasure big enough to last him...

1961, Berlín está dividida. Julian Niemöller vive en Berlín del Este y trabaja del lado Oeste, en donde están sus amigos y su novia. Cuando cierran la frontera, se ve obligado a tomar una decisión drástica. Años después, sus sobrinos Marthe y Florian sufren las consecuencias de cuestionar el régimen socialista. En 1989, Sybille, la menor de los Niemöller, es testigo de la caída del Muro de Berlín, de la apertura de las fronteras y descubre dolorosos secretos de su familia. Esta novela nos muestra ágilmente tres generaciones marcadas por la guerra y por un mundo dividido en dos...

This illustrated version of the traditional poem allows beginning readers to gain confidence in their reading and comprehension skills while further exploring their abilities to recognize shapes. Through a shared reading experience, children are encouraged to retell the events and shapes that each character sees. Perfect for beginning readers and for those who cannot yet read, the colorful illustrations act as a useful tool to assist in the understanding of the storyline. This larger-sized Lap Book is the perfect size to use for reading aloud, partner reading, and small group instruction.

Yo no me he buscado nada de esto. Nunca quise ser una especie de heroína. Pero cuando toda tu vida es arrastrada por un tornado –y tú con ella– no tienes más remedio que dejarte llevar, ¿sabes? Sí, claro, he leído los libros. He visto las películas...