100 cuentos clasicos / 100 Classic Stories

Meet Lars, the little Polar Bear, and find out why his adventures have become bestsellers around the world. Illustrated with delicate pastels that delightfully complement the story. Full color.

A little girl catches a cold from her seatmate at school, chickenpox from her little brother, and other illnesses from other people, but there is one contagion she really does want to catch.

Nuevo York, 1870. Los barrios de Manhattan son fríos y polvosos. Sin rumbo fijo, deambula Maggie por callejones sucios y llenos de mendigos. La suerte le cae cuando encuentra una banda de niños ladrones. Con ellos, muy pronto se siente como en casa. Durante uno de sus rondines por la ciudad, encuentra la torre de una iglesia que despierta sus peores recuerdos. Maggie deberá enfrentarse finalmente a su pasado. No obstante, queda un extraño rayo de luz en esa oscuridad: el legendario jefe del mundo del hampa de Nueva York.

A father helps his child overcome a fear of ghosts in this humorous and lighthearted bedtime tale. The little penguin Jake hears all kinds of strange noises as he tries to fall asleep. Asking himself Could there be ghosts in the room? Jake quickly summons his Dad to check things out and make his room safe. Moving patiently from the bed to the curtain to the wardrobe and sticking his head under the carpet, Jake's dad explains that it's merely the bed creaking, the wind rustling the curtain, and there are only toys in the chest. Satisfied that his father has chased away all of the ghosts, Jake...