Sevilla

Martin's grandfather has a magical book that takes Martin on an adventure to China, where he visits the Great Wall and Beijing and learns about Chinese culture.

Cynthia Ann Parkers family moved to Central Texas when she was about nine years old. A year later, a large force of Comanche warriors attacked Fort Parker and seized Cynthia Ann and four other captives. The other four were eventually released, but she lived among the Indians for 25 years, immersed in the Comanche way of life. Though given a number of opportunities to go back to her white family, she always chose her life with the Comanche, choosing instead to stay with her husband and children. She eventually returned to white society as an adult.

Un libro de todo cartón que nos presenta en cada doble página a un animal de granja (el pollito, el cordero, la vaca, el perro¿) con un dibujo y un texto rimado que lo describe, y un rompecabezas de nueve piezas que representa a estos mismos animales. Pensado para que los más pequeños pasen el rato fijándose en los dibujos del libro y jugando a resolver el rompecabezas.

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

La obra ofrece una selección de poemas dedicados al tema de la muerte escritos por monjes zen y poetas de haiku, relacionando esta poesía con la mentalidad japonesa sobre la dialéctica entre la vida y la muerte.