Lions

This Spanish-translated nonfiction book tells the story of a woman and her family. With easy-to-read text and numerous photographs, students can follow along and will be encouraged to tell a story about their own family. Build reading skills and strengthen social studies knowledge with this engaging book!

Set in the 1950s in the Bronx, this is the story of a girl with a dream. Emmy award-winning actress and writer Sonia Manzano plunges us into the daily lives of a Latino family that is loving--and troubled. She is a child living amidst the squalor of a boisterous home that is filled with noisy relatives and neighbors. Each day she is glued to the TV screen that blots out the painful realities of her existence and also illuminates the possibilities that lie ahead. But--click!--when the TV goes off, Sonia is taken back to real-life--the cramped, colorful world of her neighborhood and an...

¿Dónde buscarías algo que no has visto nunca? ¿Dónde van a parar las cosas que se pierden y son invisibles? Mariú quiere encontrar la paciencia que ha perdido su madre, pero no sabe por dónde empezar a buscar.

Para leer esta historia, te aconsejo que te pongas una nariz de payaso. Si no tienes una a mano, cierra los ojos e imagínatela. O piensa en aquel día en que te pusiste una y se te escapó una sonrisa, o en aquel otro en que hiciste payasadas y a tus amigos les acabó doliendo la barriga de tanta risa. Sin embargo, mira tú que este cuento no es de risa. Al menos, al principio...