Mi mamut y yo / My mammoth and I

'Come, Jameela. Stand right here. I need to do something.' I grab hold of his sleeve. 'Where are you going?' His face is twisted. He doesn't look at me. 'Never mind.' Jameela lives with her family in a war-torn village in Afghanistan. Life is hard, but when her mother dies, and her father remarries, Jameela has to face a greater horror. To survive she draws on the strong sense of self that her mother gave her. Based on a real girl called Sameela, and a real orphanage, this unforgettable novel tells the story of a devout Muslim girl and what life is really like in post-Taliban Afghanistan....

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Alberto decide hacer su propia playa en el cajón de arena del Patio de la Gente. Sólo hay un problema: ¡hay que llevar el agua hasta la playa usando un pequeño cubo!

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.

El mundo no se acaba del mismo modo para todos. En este libro se presentan 19 versiones del anuncio milenarista que se cumplirá, o no, un día de diciembre de 2012... o cualquier otro. Estas historias abarcan un amplio registro, desde la fantasía hasta el realismo crudo, de la historia íntima a la histeria colectiva, del sentido del humor hilarante a la revelación trágica, de la ruptura amorosa a robots asesinos y fantasmas. Los personajes deciden cómo vivir el día final, y sus elecciones pasan por cantar en un avión rolas ochenteras o jugar el último nivel de un videojuego. Otros,...