100 cuentos clasicos / 100 Classic Stories

Some things are close -- cerca. Others are far -- lejos. With sweet simplicity, this charming dual-language board book and its companion volume, Lejos/Far, engage young children. Mi cuarto está cerca de la cocina. My bedroom is close to the kitchen. As she walks from her kitchen through a daisy-filled yard to the house next door, a little girl notices things that are close to each other -- just as the little boy she goes to visit is close to her.

Ivn Drago invents a game and participates in a contest. Shortly thereafter, he receives a letter notifying him that he has been selected out of ten thousand children. This situation changes his life. His parents disappear and he finds himself forced to live first with his aunt, and later with his grandpa, the famous game inventor Nicols Drag, in the city of Zyl, city of games. There, a world of adventure and mystery awaits him. Recently released on the big screen, this amazing tale takes the concept of metafiction one step farther, making the book a game within a game. The original,...

"¿Qué tiene este libro para ser tan especial? Pues que hable de una cosa que, aunque no lo parezca, es muy importante. Esa cosa la haces tú y la hago yo, y tus padres, y tus abuelos, y tus amigos... La hace todo el mundo, ¡y por eso es universal! ¿Quieres saber más? Pues abre el libro, que voy a contarte... todo lo que sé de la caca."--Page [4] of cover.

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