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There are families of all types, sizes and shapes... And some are so fabulous that it would be impossible not to explain their history. Fabulous Families tells the amazing adventures of seven truly special animal families, all inspired by events that actually happened in nature. We have simply collected them, we have sweetened them a little and we have added a lot of color so that the children could focus on their message: that each family is a family, regardless of the number of fathers and mothers he has, the race or gender. If you are also one of those who believe that love is all it takes ...

Desde los estudios de literatura comparada analiza el uso de la ecfrasis, "la representación verbal de una representación visual", en la poesía. En una primera parte, la autora amplía y actualiza la discusión sobre este concepto y sus distintas concepcion, para luego analizar diez poemas escritos en el siglo xx que "hablan" sobre obras visuales. Relaciona así a William Carlos Williams y Seamus Heaney con Brueghel; a Rafael Alberti con El Bosco; a John Ashbery con el Parmigianino, Ernst, Picasso y Miró; a Margaret Atwood (pasando por Browning y Shelley) con Manet; a Derek Walcott con...

Y aquí está el nombre de quien yace en el féretro… un tal… ¡Ignok! Según lo que aquí consta, Ignok era nada menos que… ¡El maestro cervecero del gran Keops! ¡Aquí está toda su historia!

From their window on the bus, a girl and a boy see a fire truck that goes woo-ooo-ooo, also known as a camión de bomberos--uuuah uuuah uuuah. They see a train, an ambulance and an airplane too! With this rollicking adaptation of "The Wheels on the Bus," young people can sing out the names of their favorite vehicles and the sounds they make -- in both English and Spanish.