Un beso de mandarina

Ten leading contemporary children's writers from Spain and Latin America--including Eliacer Cansino, Gloria Cecilia Díaz, Gonzalo Moure, and Ana María Shua--have created short stories based on the UNICEF's Charter of Children's Rights. Each one lends itself perfectly for classroom discussion. The complete text of the charter is included at the end of the book.978846960124\\The lone tree on Peace Street is rather grouchy. He especially does not like it when kids climb him. When autumn comes, his mood sours even more. He becomes so dried out, the town decides he must be cut down. The children ...

El mejor amigo de Alex es su perro Simon y a el le confiara sus tristezas y alegrias, sus temores y la admiracion por su abuelo. Le recordara su vida en comun, sus aventuras, y las peripecias de Simon. El cuento narra la simpatiquisima relacion entre Alex y su perro Simon; y a traves de las confidencias del nino con su perro, conoceremos la vida de Simon desde que nacio. Veremos a Alex reprendiendo y corrigiendo las tendencias de animal como su mania de rebozarse en el abono y otras porquerias, y su irreprimible respuesta al celo. Por el celo compite con perrazos descomunales como Sultan,...

A little girl walking in the woods finds the house of the three bears and helps herself to their belongings.

While learning to make tortillas on her seventh birthday, Magda tries to make perfectly round ones like those made by her grandmother but instead creates a variety of wonderful shapes.