Dora y la aventura de Navidad (Dora La Exploradora)

A modern rhyme retells the events of the famous race between the boastful hare and the persevering tortoise.

A queen who begins a lengthy war with an army of allies by her side is also a mother who wants to explain her upcoming battle with cancer to her young children in this heartening and hopeful book. James and Simon are two young princes whose mother, the Queen, calls them into her throne room one day to explain that she is about to enter a war against a rebel force called breast cancer. She describes the changes that will be coming to the kingdom, such as the recruitment of a very specialized general who will lead the war effort, the acquisition of highly advanced weapons that target rebel...

D’Artagnan llega a París con la esperanza de convertirse en mosquetero del rey. Antes de conseguir su propósito, se verá inmerso en conflictos de todo tipo, y se enfrentará a ellos con la ayuda de tres mosqueteros (el impertérrito Athos, el forzudo y fanfarrón Porthos y el refinado Aramis). Enfrentados a menudo al poderoso cardenal Richelieu, salvarán el honor de la reina Ana de Austria, que ha hecho un regalo comprometedor al duque de Buckingham, un enemigo que se prepara para invadir Francia y que está locamente enamorado de la esposa de Luis XIII. Duelos, espías, misterios,...

Adapted for young readers, Washington Irving's famous tale of the Alhambra is presented with suggestive illustrations.