The TV Was Really a Monster

Winner at the 2012 International Latino Book Awards. A superbly illustrated original story about the power of loving yourself and finding happiness. This is the story of Anastasia, a cockroach who dreamed of being accepted and becoming famous and important like her distant relatives the Egyptian beetles, sacred insects that everybody treated like royalty. Although it may seem impossible to believe, in another life Anastasia was a princess, transformed by a wave of the magic wand of Fairy Brunhilda, who was determined to sow good wherever she went. But being a princess is not an easy task......

Exploring what it’s like to be a kid, this series’ stories are told through the eyes of Rita, a short, dark-haired eight-year-old who has to deal with all of the issues pertaining to her age—family, friends, and school—and she often travels the world with her Uncle Daniel. These humorous books are sure to entertain grade school-age readers. Explorando lo que es ser niño, se cuenta las historias de esta serie a través de los ojos de Rita, una niña bajita, con pelo oscuro de ocho años quien vive situaciones y conflictos propios de su edad—la familia, los amigos y el colegio—y...

Dicen que toda leyenda tiene un origen. Y la fatídica leyenda de la Malaluna habla de Rosa y Rayén, dos hermanas que sin saberlo iniciaron tiempo atrás una historia llena de mal amor, pasión y muerte. De personalidades totalmente opuestas, cada una de ellas recorre senderos y vericuetos hasta el fin del mundo en busca de un lugar donde vivir, al que llegan luego de una travesía que les toma siglos completar. Dicen además que todo mito se parece a un árbol de la vida, porque sus ramas y frutos transforman para siempre a quien ose acercarse.¿Conseguirán Rosa y Rayén torcerle el rumbo...

Exhausted by his efforts to chop down a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rainforest, a man falls asleep under the tree, and the creatures living in the tree come out to plead with him not to destroy their home. Original.