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Advise yourself! Jump into Pigeon English and experience the jubilant, infectious voice of Harrison Opoku--a boy awed by the city, obsessed with gummy candy, a friend to everyone he meets. See why he is bo-styles. How being the fastest runner in Year 7 makes him dope-fine. And how crazy things get when Harri and his best friend launch their own investigation into the murder of a classmate and one of the Dell Farm Crew's hutious criminals feels them closing in on him. You'll want this book to last donkey hours, and you'll see why Harri is truly a "hero for our times." Like Room . . . and The...

Toda la sabiduría popular de ayer y de siempre está presente en las agudas adivinanzas que pondrán a prueba la mente de los niños, obligándoles a razonar e imaginar, completando así su formación académica. Los trabalenguas que se incluyen son la manera más natural de acercarse al lenguaje por medio de la diversión, ayudándoles a mejorar su expresión verbal y su dicción.

A finales del siglo XVI llega a Sevilla un hombre llamado Alonso de Quesada, escritor manco que luchó en la batalla de Lepanto y cuyas circunstancias biográficas coinciden con las de Miguel de Cervantes. En la ciudad reanuda sus relaciones con una antigua enamorada ahora viuda, despierta sentimientos amorosos en la criada Aldonza y conoce a unos pícaros de los bajos fondos...

Like the other Sasek classics, these are facsimile editions of his original books. The brilliant, vibrant illustrations have been meticulously preserved, remaining true to his vision more than forty years later and, where applicable, facts have been updated for the twenty-first century, appearing on a "This is . . . Today" page at the back of each book. The stylish, charming illustrations, coupled with Sasek’s witty, playful narrative, make these books a perfect souvenir that will delight both children and their parents, many of whom will remember them from their own childhood. In This is...