Una luz en el atardecer

A very special way of introducing children to art offers a special museum, where animals are the main characters. Winner of the First National Prize of Edition in Spain.

Las leyendas e historias sobre vampiros son ancetrales y se encuentran en culturas de todo el mudo. Aunque difieran en forma o aspecto, todos tinen algo en común: necesitan la sangre humana paa existir. El vampiro carismático y sofisticao de la ficción moderna nació en 1819 con la pubicación de El Vampiro, un relato de John Polidor; pero es Drácula, escrita por Bram Stoker en 187, la que se considera la novela de vampiros defnitiva y que ha inspirado todo un género. El omanticismo del vampiro, como el del héroe gótic, estriba en su completa soledad. Suya es la tráica belleza del...

In Xavier Garza’s bilingual kids’ book, young Carlitos attends his first lucha libre match in Mexico City. At ringside, Carlitos sees the famous luchador—the Man in the Silver Mask, a man whose eyes look terribly familiar. The masked wrestler even smiles at Carlitos! He is mesmerized as the Man in the Silver Mask is pitted against the terrible forces of evil—los rudos, the bad guys of lucha libre. They make the audience boo and hiss! In the end, though, the Man in the Silver Mask triumphs and, in the process, gains a lifelong fan.

Sammy the shark's first day at school causes so much excitement for him that he has a terrible time controlling his urge to bite things.