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When children approach Agatha wanting to know the source of the beautiful fabrics in her weaving shop, she always recites a simple verse. Everything comes from something, Nothing comes from nothing. Just like paper comes from trees, And glass comes from sand, An answer comes from a question. All you have to do is ask. Perhaps Agatha forgets her own advice, for one night her pleasant sleep is disrupted by six cranky, cold, naked geese. They want to discuss the source of the feathers keeping her so warm in her brand new feather bed. In a delightful O. Henry-inspired ending, Agatha arrives at a...

Este volumen recoge las primeras aventuras de Sherlock Holmes que escribió Arthur Conan Doyle: el perfecto compañero para la celebrada vuelta del detective a la gran pantalla. Este libro ofrece, en orden cronológico, las historias cortas: El %13Gloria Scott%13, El ritual de los Musgrave, La banda moteada, La diadema de berilos, El paciente interno, Los hacendados de Reigate y el primer relato largo de Holmes: Estudio en escarlata. Más de veinte nuevas ilustraciones de Kelly Jones acompañan los relatos clásicos que recoge este volumen y hacen posible que tanto los recién llegados al...

Son pequeñas reflexiones de las cosas más sencillas de nuestra vida, mezcladas con pequeñas fábulas. Es admirable la cantidad de enseñanzas, que las cosas triviales de la vida pueden darnos. Está hecho como un libro de bolsillo escrito para niños de diez a cien años.

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 ...