La Casa Maldita

MITOS & LEYENDAS DE AMERICA LATINA is a Spanish childrens book that uses stories to explain puzzling questions, myths, and legends from Latin America. For example, have you ever wondered why the sun shines more than the moon? Or, why toads have spots on their skin? At school, teachers show us several answers to these types of questions, but in the past, different people who inhabited the Earth created stories full of magic and fantasy to explain these phenomena. Note that each story has originated in a different culture, and therefore, at the end you will find some very interesting...

Empujé un baúl lleno de polvo que estaba en el «sótano sin terminar» de la casa a la que mi madre y yo nos acabábamos de mudar. Para mi sorpresa, había un dibujo debajo. Era un círculo con tres triángulos dentro. Cada triángulo tenía un ángel sosteniendo una cruz. Lo más raro de todo era el hecho de que el dibujo rojizo olía a sangre fresca. No me lo pensé dos veces y lo borré con una escoba. ¡No sabía que un vampiro llamado Nathan Jones estaba atrapado debajo del dibujo y que, gracias a mí, ya era libre para matar de nuevo!

The sultan, who was raised to do absolutely nothing for himself, sits on a pile of cushions all day long, in total ignorance of the world around him, until a servant called Cabeza de Chorlito is assigned to work the pulley that moves him up and down.

A Spanish-English bilingual edition of the classic picture book that Publishers Weekly says “Will survive countless readings.” With prose as clean as Sam’s shiny engine, Byron Barton deftly explores concepts such as transportation, signs and signals, night and day, language, and occupations. The award-winning My Car is a multi-concept preschool masterpiece, and this Spanish-English bilingual edition will provide hours of fun. Named to numerous best-of-the-year lists, My Car/Mi carro features vehicles, signs and signals, and a surprise ending. Bright, graphic artwork invites readers to...