Buenas Noches, Florida

Now available in Spanish! An eleven-year-old’s world is upended by political turmoil in this “lyrically ambitious tale of exile and reunification” (Kirkus Reviews) from an award-winning poet, based on true events in Chile. Celeste Marconi is a dreamer. She lives peacefully among friends and neighbors and family in the idyllic town of Valparaiso, Chile—until one day when warships are spotted in the harbor and schoolmates start disappearing from class without a word. Celeste doesn’t quite know what is happening, but one thing is clear: no one is safe, not anymore. The country has been ...

El teatro de Lorca es poético, tradicional y moderno al mismo tiempo. Atesora este libro obras cortas de teatro para niños escritas por Federico García Lorca, poeta y dramaturgo mundialmente conocido por su obra para adultos pero cuyas piezas para niños han sido menos divulgadas. En la presente antología hemos incluido: La zapatera prodigiosa, Amor de don Perlimplín con Belisa en el jardín, Los títeres de la cachiporra y Viaje a la luna, todas ellas obras que demuestran el dominio lorquiano de los recursos teatrales y hacen gala de su sentido del humor.

"A bilingual story, inspired by the childhood of Valentina Cruz, whose family was one of the first permanent inhabitants of the Galapagos islands. Valentina makes a promise to protect the islands and her animal friends"--

When Carlitos's mother and the other cleaners go on strike for higher wages, Carlitos cannot think of a way to support his mother until he sees her on television making a speech, and then he gets his class to help him make a sign to show his pride.