If Only I Were... / Si Sólo Pudiera Ser...

Tombo the tadpole declares himself King of the Pond. He brags that he’s the biggest, the fastest, and the strongest tadpole, and he teases and chases all the other tadpoles. But one day while showing off doing a triple flip, Tombo’s life takes a major turn. He’s captured by a boy and taken from his lush pond to a fish tank. There Tombo is fed dry fish flakes, a food he despises.When Tombo turns into a frog, the boy releases him back into his pond. Tombo discovers that he’s no longer the biggest and fastest. It’s then he discovers something much more important than being King of the...

Una historia de fama, fortuna y amor verdadero. Tres galanes pretendientes compiten por la mano de la hermosa princesa, pero sólo uno elige sabiamente. Él persevera y pasa la prueba real.

Three young men grew up together surrounded by poverty, gang pressure, and a drug infested environment. They are encouraged to dare to dream big dreams; two become successful and one ends up in prison. En la familia de Roy hay un misterio que lo intriga. Su padre, Nelson, y el mejor amigo de su padre, Jesse, son exitosos profesionales; pero su tío ha estado en la cárcel desde que él puede recordar. Los tres jóvenes crecieron juntos. ¿Cómo terminaron en lugares tan diferentes? Viaja con Nelson hacia su infancia. Allí los niños, rodeados por la pobreza, presiones de pandillas y un...

Inés era una niña alegre que vivía en Huancayo. Empezó a correr largas distancias representando, primero, a su escuela; luego, a su ciudad; y, finalmente, a todo el Perú. Se convirtió en la campeona más reconocida del atletismo sudamericano. Pero una lesión la apartó, por el momento, de su sueño: llegar por cuarta vez a las Olimpiadas, en representación del Perú.

In his classic bilingual style, Joe tells the story of a haunted house in a poor little town in Arizona. Nobody will rent that house because they know a ghost lives there. So the landlord tries to rents it out for free. Still nobody will rent it. That is, until Elena’s father rents it. He doesn’t believe in ghosts. Lucky for Elena that her grandmother knows all about the ways of ghosts. Elena, with the help of her grandmother, resolves the mystery of “ghost fever”—and learns a lesson about life. Joe Hayes, who lives in Santa Fe, is an award-winning storyteller renowned especially...

"Todo el mundo decía que Rino era encantador, hasta que un buen día aprendió a decir... ¡No! ¡Un divertido cuento con la mejor receta para superar rabietas!"--Page [4] of cover.

After the visitors have left the zoo and the animals have settled down for the night, a mischievous monkey starts a ting-tong rhythm on the marimba and slowly the animals awaken. Lions and llamas samba and cougars and coyotes conga as all the animals join in the fun to create a rollicking fiesta.This unique alphabet book also introduces the concept of cognates --- words in different languages that are similar. Author's note, pronunciation guide, rebus dictionary.