Gran libro de los retratos de animales

In Xavier Garza’s bilingual kids’ book, young Carlitos attends his first lucha libre match in Mexico City. At ringside, Carlitos sees the famous luchador—the Man in the Silver Mask, a man whose eyes look terribly familiar. The masked wrestler even smiles at Carlitos! He is mesmerized as the Man in the Silver Mask is pitted against the terrible forces of evil—los rudos, the bad guys of lucha libre. They make the audience boo and hiss! In the end, though, the Man in the Silver Mask triumphs and, in the process, gains a lifelong fan.

Mu-lan ha caído enferma. Es una mujer mayor y pobre que cuida de los huérfanos en la aldea. Todos sus niños son especiales: Zou, Xian, Lixu, Yun, Lian y Yuga. Pero Zou, con 9 años, es la más mayor. Sabe que si Mu-lan no puede ir a vender sombreros al mercado de la ciudad, pasarán hambre. Así que se ofrece a llevarlos ella misma. Para hacerlo tendrá que atravesar el bosque sin perderse, conseguir vender los sombreros y regresar a casa antes de que anochezca. Luisa Villar Liébana (Jaén, 1950) es una filóloga hispánica, técnica de cultura y escritora española. Ha publicado...

Luis is worried and angry because his grandfather has not gone to pick him up from daycare for many days. How busy is he? Has he forgotten about him? Finally, Luis shares all those doubts to his mom, who explains that his grandpa has to leave to never come back...

Elmer, the patchwork elephant, thinks of a clever way to outwit the hunters who are tracking himself and his friends.