Una Postal Desde Japón (a Postcard from Japan)

After getting a postcard from their friend Jack in Australia, twins Carlos and Camila magically travel to visit their new friend and his country. Includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension.

Summer is over and that can only mean one thing for eight-year-old Mallory McDonald (like the restaurant, but no relation)--she has to go back to school. But not just any school, a new school with all new kids in it. To make matters worse, her mom is going, too! She's the new music teacher, and Mallory can't think of anything that could possibly be worse--until her first day.

"Milly loves to be silly! But when Dad wakes up with a cold on his birthday, Milly changes all of her silly plans to help him feel better. Milly loves to be silly, but she loves Dad even more and wants to help take care of him on his special day"--

Wei-Lin and her grandfather live on the Yang-Tsé river in China during the Neolithic revolution. They spend days fishing, collecting fruit, and stocking up on rice. At night around the fire, Wei-Lin's grandfather plays beautiful melodies on the flute and tells stories--until the day he begins to lose his memory. Wei-Lin tries to find a solution to this problem with an original and revolutionary idea that will change history.

A la gran pregunta de por que no leen los adolescentes, habria que responder que si leen; leen libros como Atrapados en la escuela, historias que les abren los ojos para ubicarse mejor en la vida, y les abren la boca de risa o de asombro. A veinte anos de distancia de la creacion de esta antologia de cuentos, la respuesta sigue pareciendo vigente: los adolescentes no leen cuando los fuerzan, porque tienen ganas de vivir, de escaparse de la escuela, de saber lo que se siente ser libre. Y Atrapados en la escuela es justamente el libro que significo diversion y libertad. Cual fue y es el motivo...

La pequeña Luna ha desaparecido. Su madre y su hermano emprenderán una búqueda desesperada que les llevará hasta un parque de atracciones abandonado desde hace años: El parque de la luna. Allí descubrirán una cominidad de personas marginadas que intentan encontrar su lugar en el mundo.

Cuando la familia Polón llega a vivir a una “prestigiosa” zona ecoturística descubren el peor de los hallazgos: todos los animales han escapado, sin que quedara una sola hormiga. Germán, el mayor de los hijos tiene una capacidad singular para entender a los animales. ¿Cómo lo hace?… –––––––––––––––––––––––– After moving to a ‘prestigious’ ecotouristic zone, the Polón family makes a shocking discovery: all the animals have escaped, leaving not one ant behind. The eldest son Germán has the unique ability to understand animals. How ...