Saltar, brincar, correr (Hop, Skip, Run)

Who wants new pants? Not this little boy! He wants to keep his old, worn, torn, too-small pants. His mom does not agree.

When UmiCar competes in the Umi City Car Race, he races against a mean dump truck who plays tricks on the other racers.

A big happy frog, a plump purple cat, a handsome blue horse, and a soft yellow duck-- all parade across the pages of this delightful bilingual edition of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See? (Oso pardo, oso parado, que ves ¿qué ves ahí?). Children will immediately respond to Eric Carle's flat, boldly colored collages. Combined with Bill Martin's singsong text, they create unforgettable images of these endearing animals.

Trouble arises between a brother and sister because she always wins the games they play, but then she discovers that she does not have to brag or win all the time.

'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....