Mama Oca y las Vocales

This collection was designed and developed by Graciela Repun and Florence Esses to accompany children in the early learning stages, with emphasis not only on the basics of shapes, sizes, numbers, opposites, positions and colors, but also in rhyme, poetry, and the visual richness of the illustrations.

Ants must work hard during summer to build their homes and gather food for the winter. Family Work Play wastes no time finding a suitable location to build their home with plenty of room to store food for the coming winter. They determine to work first, so they can relax and have fun later. In contrast, Family Dilly Dally has a different tradition: they always play first. If they have any time left, then they work a little. When the long, cold winter comes, the Dilly Dally family have a very tough time finding food and keeping warm. However, they learn an important lesson about working first...

"Originalmente publicado en ingles in EE.UU. como Everlasting por St. Martin's Griffin ... en 2011"--T.p. verso.

Un niño de diez años llega solo a Barcelona, donde trabaja su madre. Pero ha habido una confusión. Pasan los días y no la encuentra. De pronto comprende que no tiene más hogar que un banco en una plaza. La vida en una aldea de los Andes y el ritmo de una ciudad europea, las esperanzas de un niño y la dureza de la calle, la amabilidad y la distancia, el miedo y la fiesta impregnan las páginas de este relato. Un homenaje a las muchas historias ocultas de la inmigración y una invitación a reflexionar sobre la acogida. A ten-year-old boy arrives alone in Barcelona, where his mother...