Cuentos Chiquititos

A young Guatemalan girl searches for the family she was stolen from eight years earlier. She was little and quick and pretty. Her mother nicknamed her Colibrí, 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.

Pedro's class is building is tower out of paper cups to see who can build the tallest tower. Pedro loves to build, but he's got a big problem. Troublemaker Roddy is on his team. Can Pedro and Roddy learn to work together? A glossary and critical thinking questions make this a great title for libraries, while a collection of jokes adds to the fun.

Alonso descubre el maravilloso territorio de Perú. Junto con Maita, su nuevo amigo inca, intenta recuperar el bastón del curaca, que ha sido robado al padre de Maita y que es fundamental para su poder.

Vivian Carter tiene 16 años y está aburrida. Pero también está harta. Harta de que en su escuela secundaria de una pequeña ciudad de Texas el equipo de fútbol americano tenga todo permitido. Harta de los códigos de vestimenta sexistas y del acoso en el pasillo. Y, sobre todo, harta de seguir siempre las reglas. Pero algo empieza a cambiar. El pasado audaz, atrevido y feminista de su mamá siempre le ha fascinado y, ahora, se convierte en la inspiración que necesita para idear su propia manera de desafiar lo establecido. ¿Seguir aceptando las agresiones de un grupo de alumnos y las...