Noche Antigua

When Aurora, an anxious girl who gets impatient when things don't go her way, meets Flora, whose attitude is patient and tolerant, Aurora begins to learn how to enjoy life as it comes, whether or not it meets her original expectations. Once she adjusts her controlling attitude to a more accepting one, Aurora learns that life's challenges are not nearly as unmanageable as they had once seemed. Aurora es una niña impaciente que se preocupa cuando no tiene control de una situación. Cuando conoce a Flora, paciente y tolerante, Aurora aprende como gozar la vida como es, sin tratar de cambiarla a ...

Meet Henry McThrottle, a fifth-grader at Northeast Southwest Central School. Henry has an extremely active imagination--sometimes it's hard to tell where his imagination stops and the real world begins. His flights of fancy lead to adventures of the sort only Andy Griffiths could dream up: always hilarious, never predictable, sure to keep kids laughing and reading! Henry MacTrote y sus amigos nunca saben que va a suceder en clase. Un dia, Henry descubre que en la escuela hay un tesoro escondido! A todos los chicos y chicas de la escuela Central Noroeste Sureste les entra la fiebre del tesoro...

D'Artagnan deja a sus padres para acudir a París y presentarse, recomendado por su padre, al señor de Tréville, capitán de la Compañía de los Mosqueteros. Una sucesión de acontecimientos llevan al gascón a batirse en duelo con tres mosqueteros -Athos, Porthos y Aramis- y con los guardias del Cardenal Richelieu. Sus trepidantes aventuras no han hecho más que empezar.

The 23 legends in this collection have been gathered from the oral tradition of eleven Latin American countries. The stories reflect the customs and beliefs of the people both before and after the arrival of the Spaniards.