Los lentes de las abuelitas/ The Glasses of the Grannys

Alfonsina y Tomasín son amigos y les gusta competir. Un pedazo de un rico pastel les lleva a volar muy alto y a su regreso descubrirán qué es lo importante en una amistad.

A little girl catches a cold from her seatmate at school, chickenpox from her little brother, and other illnesses from other people, but there is one contagion she really does want to catch.

When Laura Marlin finds a thoroughbred worth $75 million in the middle of the road, she quickly tracks down the horse’s owners, the Wainrights. As a gesture of their gratitude, the Wainrights invite Laura, her uncle Calvin, her friend Tariq, and her dog Skye to Fleet Farm, their Kentucky ranch. Things on the idyllic Fleet Farm are not as they seem, however, and when strange events begin to occur, Laura resolves to unravel a mystery in which a significant amount of money is at stake and dangers lie around every corner. This latest pulse-pounding Laura Marlin novel will grip young readers.

Mujeres y niños destacan como personajes principales de estos cuentos: alguno de desbordante fantasía contrastados por otros con una gran preocupación social.