La Batalla de Los Muñecos de Nieve

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...

The teacher always says: "Speak louder!" Her mother always says: "Don't be shy!" Her grandfather tells her: "Don't pay attention, silence is gold, beautiful." But Jenny would rather be stealthy and fierce, like a shark. When Jenny's mother works late at the hospital, Jenny stays with her friend Amina. Together they spend hours in silence, reading and drawing. Meanwhile, Jenny's grandfather is mourning the death of his wife. Maybe Jenny and Amina can help him.

En esta recopilación de leyendas y mitos populares, la literatura oriental está representada por Ramayana, Mahabarata y las Mil y una noches. Del mundo griego clásico encontramos a los protagonistas de la Ilíada; y de la épica medieval, a los tres héroes más conocidos de las tradiciones española, francesa y germánica: el Cid, Roldán y Sigfrido. De los libros de caballerías figuran dos de sus más bellas leyendas: las de Tristán e Iseo y la del valiente Lohengrin. Por último, como muestra de las literaturas primitivas escandinavas tenemos a Balder; y la lucha de los hombres de las ...

Budding inventor Eliza Boom is about to try her 92nd experiment. Her previous 91 have all ended in explosions. Her father, who is an inventor of spy equipment, has told her not be frustrated by failure. She writes everything down in her diary that she has named Edison (after Thomas Alva, of course). She recounts not only her wish to succeed, she shares how she is treated by the meanest girl in school. With the help of her trusted dog Einstein and a new friend, she defuses some hairy situations.