Ventanas

A boy, a girl, and their dog spend a day having fun at the city park playing on the swings, a slide, the see-saw, and a jungle Jim set, as well as jump rope, ride a skate board, catch butterflies, dig in the sandbox, and quietly watch the goldfish swim.

Una coleccion de relatos y ensenanzas tradicionales, asi como anecdotas recogidas durante mas de 15 anos de entrenamiento, que expresan el verdadero espiritu de la practica de las artes marciales. "Un dia, siendo un principiante, tomaba te con mi maestro. Habia tomado varias clases de rituales antiguos y de historia, y ahora me enteraba de que a partir de la siguiente semana empezaria a estudiar la ceremonia del te. De modo que le pregunte que tenia que ver todo aquello con el Kung Fu. Mi maestro puso te en mi taza y dijo: 'Toma un sorbo de te, pero no pongas atencion mas que a la sensacion...

In this “captivating and exquisite” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) sequel to the Pura Belpré Award–winning I Lived on Butterfly Hill, thirteen-year-old Celeste Marconi returns home to Chile and after the dictator is removed, and makes it her mission to rebuild her community and find those who are still missing. During Celeste Marconi’s time in Maine, thoughts of the brightly colored cafes and salty air of Valparaíso, Chile, carried her through difficult, homesick days. Now, she’s finally returned home to find the horrible years of the dictatorship has left its mark on her once...

Knowing how to read and write is not enough for Louis, a voiceless Trumpeter Swan; his determination to learn to play a stolen trumpet takes him far from his wilderness home. In Spanish.