Fiesta de disfraces

En la sala de los animales africanos de un zoo, hay un león, un avestruz y una cebra. Los dos primeros nacieron en cautividad, y a la cebra la cazaron siendo todavía una cría. No conocen otra vida más allá de sus diminutas jaulas. Pero pronto llega un compañero nuevo, el gorila, que sí ha conocido la libertad en África, adonde quiere volver a toda costa. Este animal les hace ver a los demás que viven encerrados, y les explica lo que es la verdadera libertad.

The world around us is more powerful than we know. Discover how earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, and more have affected people and places around the world in this Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Through informational text, vivid images, and stunning facts and charts, readers will learn about disasters such as The Great Potato Famine, Hurricane Katrina, Mount St. Helens, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, as well as epidemics and pandemics such as the bubonic plague and swine flu.

The Underground Railroad was the massive effort by slaves and free people to secretly bring thousands of blacks to freedom in the North during the 19th century. This thought-provoking book will capture readers’ imaginations and fill them with awe for the brave “conductors” and “passengers” on the Railroad. They’ll learn about the many safe havens, called “depots,” that housed fugitives and the secret passages within them that hid slaves from their pursuers. Information about the American Civil War and the Fugitive Slave Act, biographies of figures vital to the Underground Railroad,...

With gentle encouragement, this book teaches children that they can think before speaking, choose what to say and how to say it, and find positive ways to respond when others use unkind words. The importance of saying “I’m sorry” is reinforced. Includes tips for parents and caregivers.