Detrás de lienzo: La vida de un artista (Behind the Canvas: An Artist's Life) 6-Pack

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Lights! Camera! It's time to explore the art of animation! This engaging, Spanish-translated nonfiction title allows readers to explore an exciting career as an animator. Readers will be introduced to the history of animation and find out what techniques and equipment animators used to turn their illustrations into the first animated shorts. Through stimulating facts, vivid images, sketches, photos, informative text, and an interview with a real life animator, readers will discover everything about animation, including character development, storyboarding, and...

This biography for new readers tells Pablo Picasso's story by describing the evolution of his art--from his Blue Period to his Rose Period to cubism. As a child in Spain, Picasso drew pigeons, bullfights, and guitars. When he left home, he painted people who were poor and lonely like he was. During his Rose Period in Paris, he painted happy pictures. Young readers can follow the most significant events of Picasso's life told in an engaging story format, as they're represented in his art.

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La vida de san Francisco de Asís es notablemente diferente de las vidas de los santos al uso. Álvaro Pombo, en simpatía con la antigua tradición franciscana, elige en este libro un estilo correspondiente al gran sobresalto intelectual y afectivo que produce el biografiado. Adopta, por eso, el punto de vista y la voz o voces de los primeros hermanos que acompañaron a Francisco. Con una notable mezcla de atrevimiento, seriedad y simpatía profunda, Álvaro Pombo se convierte, al mismo tiempo, en la voz plural, brillante y humilde de aquella primera comunidad franciscana, una docena mal...

En La noche de los jacintos blancos, edición definitiva, revisada y corregida por su autora, tres mujeres de la misma familia y diferentes generaciones nos hacen viajar en el tiempo y nos atrapan con sus historias y secretos. Deudora del realismo mágico, esta novela seduce al lector desde las primeras líneas y lo conduce de la mano a lo largo de toda la narración. Con una prosa poética y musical, maravillosamente construida, la autora mezcla lo mágico, lo fantástico y lo onírico; además, toma de la sabiduría popular referentes literarios de tradición oral que recupera para...