Silly Milly y el Rescate Del día Lluvioso (Silly Milly and the Rainy Day Rescue)

The Bean family is building a house! But they have a problem. With a roof over their heads, they can't see the stars at night. Baby Bean suggests they go outside to see the stars. But the rest of this illogical bunch comes up with their own zany solution.

"Twins Camila and Carlos find a postcard in their mailbox from a girl in Japan, and they set off on a magical adventure to see her country"--

Elements of magical realism turn a grandmother/grandson day of fishing into an extraordinary experience. When this duo casts out their lines, they catch some fish and a snapping turtle. But with a little time and patience, they catch all sorts of unexpected things in Magic Lake--rollerblades, fuzzy slippers, a fire-breathing dragon, and a ferry that takes them to faraway places. The young boy learns that life is an adventure filled with the magic of possibility.

Les Thompson y Juan Rojas ofrecen cuatro narraciones tan vívidas y emocionantes que literalmente los adolescentes devoraran cada pagina hasta concluirlo. [Gold Medallion Award winning author Les Thompson, and Juan Rojas, a founding father of Spanish Christian publishing, each contribute two stories to this collection of four short stories for youth.]

El tránsito terso entre la ficción y el ensayo marcó, desde un principio, la relación de Julieta Campos con la escritura, relación caracterizada por un vaivén inquietante entre razones y pasiones. En voz de la propia Julieta Campos: "Escribir sería transitar entre la soledad de la experiencia estética y la solidaridad de la experiencia ética". Esa ambivalencia habita la obra ensayística y la narrativa de Julieta Campos que transgrede las fronteras de los géneros, fiel a su convicción de que la literatura sólo se compromete con la libertad de la imaginación y con la palabra. Para ...

The terrifying pirate Cabeza Blanca kidnaps children and makes them work all day in a diamond mine, and no one dares to try and rescue them. But when he captures Miki, Siri's little sister, he makes himself an enemy fiercer than he could have ever imagined, and Siri immediately sets off in search of Miki. Piratas del mar helado is a story that illustrates the dangers of giving up and the immense value of doing what we know is right. Una novela trepidante, a veces tierna, a veces dura, pero que incorpora valores como la fraternidad, la pasi�n, la empat�a hacia los otros, sean personas o...

Based on a true story and written by someone who witnessed it, this touching picture book is set in Venezuela. A man named Faoro found an orphaned, newborn caiman and brought her home. The bond they formed was unbreakable and everlasting. Information about Faoro and the author is provided at the end.