Las luciérnagas no vuelan

Obligadas a migrar, un grupo de chicharras busca refugio en el territorio de una orquesta de grillos, quienes no estarán dispuestos a compartir su propiedad. Ambos grupos, que se desprecian por ser diferentes, se verán obligados a convivir; al conocerse mejor, descubrirán que no son tan distintos como piensan y que pueden complementarse para formar la más bella de las armonías. Este libro nos introduce al problema filosófico de la propiedad privada y propone la solidaridad y la empatía, no solo como una solución para nuestros conflictos, sino como única posibilidad de supervivencia...

Calpurnia Virginia Tate is eleven years old in 1899 when she wonders why the yellow grasshoppers in her Texas backyard are so much bigger than the green ones. With a little help from her notoriously cantankerous grandfather, an avid naturalist, she figures out that the green grasshoppers are easier to see against the yellow grass, so they are eaten before they can get any larger. As Callie explores the natural world around her, she develops a close relationship with her grandfather, navigates the dangers of living with six brothers, and comes up against just what it means to be a girl at the...

When Chico starts the third grade after his migrant worker family moves to begin harvesting California grapes, he finds that self confidence and math skills help him cope with the first day of school. Simultaneous.

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...

Un jinete solitario, montado en su corcel con sonajas de plata, observa desde lejos una rica caravana que se acerca a través de la inconmensurable extensión del desierto: es Selim Baruch, sobrino del Gran Visir. Después de haber escapado de los ladrones que lo habían secuestrado, pide a los comerciantes unirse a ellos durante el viaje hacia su casa, y, para pasar las largas tardes alrededor del fuego, les propone que cada uno cuente una historia. Así empieza una serie de relatos que por su magia, su exótico sabor, parecen salir de Las Mil y una noches. La presente edición es una...