Piedra de toque

As a successful former slave, Clara Brown used her money to help other freed slaves get a new start in life. In 1859 Clara bought her own freedom and headed west to Colorado to find her daughter, who was sold when she was just a little girl. Clara didn't find her daughter there, but she did get rich. The people she helped became her family, and she became known as "Aunt" Clara Brown.

La de Olvido García Valdés es ya una «de las escrituras más fervientemente medulares de la poesía española contemporánea» (Eduardo Milán). Seis años después de Y todos estábamos vivos, que mereció el Premio Nacional de Poesía, los poemas de Lo solo del animal vuelven a mostrar una voz singular y reconocible, que sin embargo rehúsa fijarse y afronta cada vez un riesgo nuevo, notable siempre en la altura de los resultados. Lo solo del animal propone una meditación sobre lo animal de la soledad, un lugar no verbal, de existencia, en que coincidirían todos los seres, pero que...

Families are built in many different ways. This interesting book describes the different members who make up a family including sisters and brothers, parents and stepparents, and grandparents. A creative activity asks children to write a book or a story about their families and add family photos.

Filled with tricks and treats, fun and food, Halloween is a day that children look forward to. At one time two separate festivals, the traditions of each gradually blended into the holiday we now celebrate on October 31.