Un Mal día para Mia (Mia's Bad Day)

Summer is over and that can only mean one thing for eight-year-old Mallory McDonald (like the restaurant, but no relation)--she has to go back to school. But not just any school, a new school with all new kids in it. To make matters worse, her mom is going, too! She's the new music teacher, and Mallory can't think of anything that could possibly be worse--until her first day.

"Milly loves to be silly! But when Grandpa's cat is nowhere to be found, Milly goes outside to find Lucky. Milly loves to be silly, but discovers that being there when Grandpa needs her is important too"--

Oscar and his Barcelona jazz band have a chance to hit the big time when they are offered a contract to play at a bar where an important company will send a representative to hear them. At the same time, Oscar's life takes a strange twist when he becomes involved in an investigation of the disappearance of a famous private detective.

Con el poder de sus sueños, Fiona viaja a Surrealia y aprende importantes lecciones de vida. Fiona Orchard es una niña promedio de 7 años que vive con sus padres, Lars y Ling-Ling, en Sydney. Sin embargo, Fiona tiene un don en forma de una vívida imaginación que se manifiesta en sueños realistas donde ella tiene el control. Sigue a Fiona mientras conoce a personajes famosos del pasado, visita reinos de fantasía y aprende lecciones importantes sobre la vida.

La Milonga, el espacio donde se expresa el tango bailado, abriga mucho más que el movimiento de los cuerpos. En ese misterioso universo los encuentros generan sensaciones tan intensas que solo una profunda inmersión en el mundo tanguero podría revelar. Este trabajo es el fruto de una extensa investigación que la autora realizó para su tesis de doctorado en psicología. El libro encuentra en el baile de tango un dispositivo para pensar tanto en los vínculos producidos en la clínica como en la vida misma. Además de hacer un recorrido histórico sobre el desarrollo del baile de tango y...

In many parts of the world, children are exposed to danger. This book presents three stories: Talika in India, who is forced to work to pay off her uncle's debt; Akara and his sister in Central Africa, who must flee rebels; and Chukilla, who works in the gold mines in the Andes to help his family. It explains the reality in their countries and shows what UNICEF does to keep children safe.