El Corazón de Arlene

El cuento narra la historia de una niña tan pobre que ni siquiera podía comprar zapatos, y por eso andaba siempre descalza. Su madre murió y una anciana, apiadándose de ella, la tomó a su cargo. Y así llegó el día en el que debía hacer la confirmación y le compró unas zapatillas rojas de las que se había encaprichado. Eran muy bonitas, pero guardaban una sorpresa.

El tren de los suenos llega a la estacion. Hay que cargar las mercancias: los osos polares meten los helados en el vagon frigorifico, los elefantes llenan los tanques de pintura, las tortugas colocan los coches de carreras en el vagon porta-automoviles, los canguros se ocupan de que las pelotas vayan en sus contenedores. Los entusiastas de los trenes tienen asegurados los mas dulces e imaginativos suenos! ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The dream train pulls into the station, and one by one the train cars are loaded: polar bears pack the reefer car with ice cream, elephants fill the tanker cars with...

Gaston tries really hard to be the refined dog his mother wants him to be, but, for some reason, he does things differently than his litter mates. One day at the park, a puppy mix-up is discovered and Gaston finds out why he is so different from his siblings. In this endearing picture book, readers will see that family is where the heart is.

Does good luck exist? Or is it all a matter of probability? Isabel and Nicols are neighbors and they sometimes walk to school together. One morning, Isabel wears her grandmother's bracelet which, according to her, brings good luck. The precious object gets lost, and then begins a tour around the most diverse and endearing people in the neighborhood. Everyone's lives change as they have their "stroke of luck." The dynamic prose, the abundant dialogue, and the descriptions of the characters round out a novel that, with its multiple storylines, captures readers with its plot.