My Yellow Umbrella / Mi Paraguas Amarillo

Hospitals and clinics can be very busy places. Whether you're sick or just need a check-up, the people that work in hospitals and clinics are helping the community every day. What would it be like to work in a doctor's office as a nurse? Readers will follow the nurse throughout his day in the doctor's office. This book features relatable and diverse characters and procedures readers will be familiar with. Full-color illustrations and accessible language makes this book perfect for emerging readers and young listeners.

Desde los estudios de literatura comparada analiza el uso de la ecfrasis, "la representación verbal de una representación visual", en la poesía. En una primera parte, la autora amplía y actualiza la discusión sobre este concepto y sus distintas concepcion, para luego analizar diez poemas escritos en el siglo xx que "hablan" sobre obras visuales. Relaciona así a William Carlos Williams y Seamus Heaney con Brueghel; a Rafael Alberti con El Bosco; a John Ashbery con el Parmigianino, Ernst, Picasso y Miró; a Margaret Atwood (pasando por Browning y Shelley) con Manet; a Derek Walcott con...

Jackie Mitchell has always wanted to be a great pitcher, and she finally has the chance to become one! In her first minor league game, she is up against two of the greatest home-run hitters of all time--Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Does she stand a chance?

Elisa está aburrida, su mamá no la deja ver tele y no sabe qué hacer. De pronto la niña descubre que su casa está llena de aventuras y nuevos amigos que la invitan a jugar en lugares y situaciones que la deslumbran.