UmiCar's Big Race Pictureback / La gran carrera de UmiCar Pictureback

In an exploration of the immigrant experience in modern America, the author presents a deeply personal account of her experiences after leaving Cuba during the Freedom Flights of the 1960s.

Shaped like a triangle -- with arms and legs that rattle -- "Senor Triangulo" certainly lives up to his name. In this delightful soft book in the "Shape Family", Senor Triangulo plays hide and seek with his son Isosceles, who searches for his father at the circus, a restaurant, and a park. Each page features a triangular object to help young readers learn and recognize triangles.

En la Nueva York moderna, la magia está extinta. Las pocas personas que tienen algo de afinidad con ella –los Mageus– viven en las sombras. Cualquier Mageus que ingrese en Manhattan queda atrapado por la Brecha, una barrera de energía oscura que los confina. Cruzar la Brecha implica perder sus poderes y, casi inevitablemente, sus vidas. Estrella es una ladrona muy talentosa, y entrenada para robar artefactos mágicos de la Orden, los creadores de la Brecha. Con su habilidad innata para manipular el tiempo, ella puede saltar al pasado para conseguir esos artefactos antes de que la Orden...

This puzzling old lady swallows a bell, bows, gifts, a sack, a sleigh, and some reindeer! She's about to swallow a candy cane for dessert, when she hears a jolly "Ho! Ho! Ho!" The old lady whistles, and all the objects fly into place--ready for Santa! With rhyming text in Spanish and funny illustrations, this lively version of a classic song will appeal to young readers with every turn of the page--a fun story for Christmastime! Esta senora come de todo: una campana, lazos, regalos y hasta renos. Justo cuando iba a comerse unos caramelos oye un "Jo, jo, jo". La senora silba y todo lo que se...