La Cuchimilda

*Indie Next List Pick* *Junior Library Guild Selection* “An appealing tribute and successful remedy to the lack of titles about the groundbreaking librarian…a must-have for all libraries.” –School Library Journal (starred review) The Spanish language edition of Planting Stories—an inspiring picture book biography of storyteller, puppeteer, and New York City’s first Puerto Rican librarian, who championed bilingual literature. When she came to America in 1921, Pura Belpré carried the cuentos folklóricos of her Puerto Rican homeland. Finding a new home at the New York Public...

Comprar una ternera recién nacida para seguir su vida y contarla. La vida de una vaca es la historia de Juan Pablo y La Negra, un animal que el autor compra en efectivo para meterse de lleno en la industria. En el camino se asocia a un productor ganadero, va a remates y frigoríficos, conoce al Rey de la Carne, al peluquero de los toros de exhibición de Mel Gibson y le explican en detalle el mercado de criar, matar y comer animales: toda la cadena de producción de Argentina, un país enloquecido por el asado. Esta es la historia de La Negra, pero también la de millones que, como ella,...

A special field trip on the magic school bus allows Ms. Frizzle's class to get a first-hand look at the major parts of the body and how they work.

The world around us is more powerful than we know. Discover how earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, and more have affected people and places around the world in this Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Through informational text, vivid images, and stunning facts and charts, readers will learn about disasters such as The Great Potato Famine, Hurricane Katrina, Mount St. Helens, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, as well as epidemics and pandemics such as the bubonic plague and swine flu.