Los lentes de las abuelitas/ The Glasses of the Grannys

While Benjamin waits for his father to pick him up from school, he doesn't hear the screams of the kids playing dodge ball on the playground. The only thing he hears is, "a word. The word." Earlier that day, Benjamin beat his friend James while playing handball, and James retaliated by calling Benjamin "the word." With soft, watercolor illustrations that complement the text, Benjamin and the Word / Benjamín y la palabra is a compelling look at name-calling and intolerance. When confronted with James' epithet, Benjamin and the reader set off on a poignant journey to understanding and...

La primavera ha llegado y el polen se siente en el aire. Al bebé Oso no le gusta el polen--se le pega en su pelaje y lo hace tener comezón y estornudar. ¡Él es alérgico! ¡Achís! Desearía que el polen no existiera. Cuando sus amigos se reúnen para decirle por qué nececitan el polen, el bebé Oso aprende que el polen es bueno para el bosque y que provee alimento para muchos animales, ¡que lo incluyen a él! El polen puede ser algo que todos odiemos pero, ¿realmente podemos sobrevivir sin él? Esta historia explica por qué lo necesitamos.

“Freedom is best, even with all its dangers.” In this heart-pounding adventure, a young finch falls from his family’s nest and into the life of a young boy and his father. The finch spends a harrowing night in a cage, barely escaping the clutches of a barn owl, and other threats. The next day, the boy offers the bird an unexpected chance at freedom. Will he take it?

Cuando vio desaparecer su cabellera volando por el aire, Antunes no podía ni imaginar lo que le sucedería. Ahí, en medio de su calva se asomó un filamento verde que muy pronto se convertiría en una incipiente vegetación y que le daría un giro insospechado a su tranquila vida. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When he saw his hair flying off in the wind, Antunes could not possibly have anticipated what was about to happen to him. There, in the middle of his bald pate, sprouted a green filament which soon turned into...