La ciencia del swing

"Una obra maestra sin pretensiones... el poder de este libro radica en su riqueza, alusiva y artística." New York Times Book Review "Visualmente intrigante y emotivamente resonante, este es un libro para ser comentado. Con cada lectura subsecuente ofrece una nueva lectura de significados y conexiones visuales." School Library Journal Starred Review El abuelo está en su jardín. No, él no siempre fue jardinero. También fue un niño que se crió en una granja, tuvo varicela, dio su primer beso, fue un soldado, y sobre todo fue un artista. Pero ahora ya no recuerda muchas cosas... Por eso...

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...

Those nasty birds come and sit on the kangaroo's windowsill every morning and make such a racket that he can't sleep. The poor kangaroo is going crazy, and he doesn't know what to do. Since he doesn't really understand why birds are so rude, he decides to teach them a lesson by showing them that thay're not the only animals who can fly.

From their window on the bus, a girl and a boy see a fire truck that goes woo-ooo-ooo, also known as a camión de bomberos--uuuah uuuah uuuah. They see a train, an ambulance and an airplane too! With this rollicking adaptation of "The Wheels on the Bus," young people can sing out the names of their favorite vehicles and the sounds they make -- in both English and Spanish.