Edmundo

En el castillo de Dadrev ha aparecido un huevo azul. Habrá que esperar a que se abra para descubrir qué secreto guarda en su interior. Pero cuando la cáscara se rompe... no hay nadie delante. Rolav, el pequeño príncipe, no sabe qué hacer. Había prometido vigilarlo y ahora va a defraudar a todo el mundo, así que inventa una excusa y promete enseñarles el animal al día siguiente.Ahora solo queda lo más fácil: viajar al País de las Mentiras en busca de la extraordinaria lagartija que ha imaginado. Eso, o decir la verdad.

Renowned Latina author Julia Alvarez recreates the legend of the Dominican folk character La Vieja Belen in this delighful bilingual rhyming story, beautifully illustrated by Dominican artist Ruddy Nuñez. Alvarez's retelling keeps the magic of the traditional account while contributing a down-to-earth, timely moral: "Of all the gifts you can give, your time is the best."

'Come, Jameela. Stand right here. I need to do something.' I grab hold of his sleeve. 'Where are you going?' His face is twisted. He doesn't look at me. 'Never mind.' Jameela lives with her family in a war-torn village in Afghanistan. Life is hard, but when her mother dies, and her father remarries, Jameela has to face a greater horror. To survive she draws on the strong sense of self that her mother gave her. Based on a real girl called Sameela, and a real orphanage, this unforgettable novel tells the story of a devout Muslim girl and what life is really like in post-Taliban Afghanistan....

"Cuando Camila inventa nuevos padres, ¡resultan todos tan sorprendentes...! Y sin embargo, ¡lo son menos que Papá y Mamá!" --P. [4] of cover.