La leyenda negra

An African-American family gets together to celebrate Kwanzaa, but the celebration is spoiled because their beloved pet cat is missing. As the family sets off on a quest to find the cat, the reader learns about the seven values celebrated in Kwanzaa in a simple and entertaining way. Includes and informative section about the holiday.

Eduardo se ha convertido en un muchacho solitario y desconfiado, para quien el mundo sólo ofrece motivos para el pesimismo y la desesperanza. Sin embargo, en su deambular por distintos lugares, conoce a dos personas, Miguel y Ana, que le permitirán conocer la amistad y el amor. Su relación con ellos le ayudará a superar sus miedos y rencores.

She was little and quick and pretty. Her mother nicknamed her Colibri, Spanish for "Hummingbird". At age four she was kidnapped, torn from her parents on a crowded bus in Guatemala City. Since then, she's traveled with "Uncle," the ex-soldier and wandering beggar who has renamed her Rosa. Uncle has always told Rosa that he searched for his parents but had no success. There's almost no chance Rosa will ever find them--but Rosa still remembers and longs for them. When she was young, Uncle consulted fortune-tellers who told him that Rosa would bring him luck--a treasure big enough to last him...

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: A boy and his pet dragon spend a day participating in activities with the boy's father. Some of our most popular New Dear Dragon books have been expertly translated for an English/Spanish edition. Perfect for an early introduction to Spanish or for ESL. Full-color illustrations.