Alabado seas

El mundo está lleno de cosas odiosas que dan mucho miedo y me ponen nerviosa. No importa si eres una niña tímida o un niño valiente, no importa si eres una niña fuerte o un niño debilucho. Hay cosas horribles que nos inmovilizan, así que más vale tener el temple de un trapecista. Hay brujas malvadas y casas abandonadas, feos rateros, papás peleoneros, maestras gritonas y arañas patonas. Existe el dentista, la gente racista, los niños molestones y la boleta de calificaciones. Si eres de los míos y sólo cierras los ojos, agárrate bien que esto es un gozo. El miedo es feo, nadie lo ...

A picture book debut by an award-winning author about a boy's life on the U.S.-Mexico border, visiting his favorite places on The Other Side with his father, spending time with family and friends, and sharing in the responsibility of community care. Early one Saturday morning, a boy prepares for a trip to The Other Side/El Otro Lado. It's close--just down the street from his school--and it's a twin of where he lives. To get there, his father drives their truck along the Rio Grande and over a bridge, where they're greeted by a giant statue of an eagle. Their outings always include a meal at...

Budding inventor Eliza Boom is about to try her 92nd experiment. Her previous 91 have all ended in explosions. Her father, who is an inventor of spy equipment, has told her not be frustrated by failure. She writes everything down in her diary that she has named Edison (after Thomas Alva, of course). She recounts not only her wish to succeed, she shares how she is treated by the meanest girl in school. With the help of her trusted dog Einstein and a new friend, she defuses some hairy situations.