El cuento de Aladino es una narración clásica que forma parte de la compilación de historias árabes, persas e hindúes Las Mil y Una Noches. Aladino es un vago. Su padre le pide que le ayude y él siempre busca excusas para jugar y hacer travesuras. Un día, descubre una lámpara maravillosa, con lo que empezarán sus aventuras.
“Resulta que junté los alambres del teléfono con los de la lamparita del velador de mi mamá. Lo que yo quería era ver si salían luces del teléfono y voces de la lamparita”.
Papelucho es un niño como todos los niños del mundo: inquieto, inteligente, rápido y que siempre está inventando algo para no aburrirse. Situaciones como preparar un sándwich para un ratón, adiestrar moscas mensajeras, organizar un criadero de jaibas o crear una revista de chistes, son algunos de los hechos sobre los que este ingenioso niño nos escribe en su diario de vida.
Este es el primero de una serie de doce exitosos libros escritos por la chilena Marcela Paz, que nos introduce en la maravillosa imaginación de un niño de 8 años que es un imperdible de la literatura infantil.
Editado en inglés, italiano, alemán, japonés, griego y francés. Ha vendido millones de ejemplares en el mundo. Hoy disponible en audiolibro.
She took her own temperature. With the fancy thermometer that beeped. It was not normal. It was not 98.6. Judy''s temperature was 188.8! Judy''s temperature was 00.0! Judy''s temperature was beep-beep-beep-beep-beep. She, Judy Moody, had the temperature of an outer-space alien!
Judy Moody has a mood for every occasion, and now, she, Judy Moody, is in a medical mood! It''s no secret that Judy wants to be like Elizabeth Blackwell, first woman doctor, when she grows up. So when Class 3T starts to study the Amazing Human Body, Judy can hardly wait to begin her better-than-best-ever third-grade projects: show-and-tell with something way rarer than a scab, a real-live ooey-gooey operation, and a cloning experiment that may create double trouble for Judy and her friends. RARE!
Lauren, Jack, Ruby and Billy live by the seaside with their mum and dad. But their parents are always arguing, and then their dad moves out. Lauren and Jack decide they have to get them together again. And so begins Operation Eiffel Tower ...in which the four children try to raise money to give their mum and dad a treat in an attempt to make them happier.
Lonely and a long way from her Iowa home, twelve-year-old Jeri McKane reacts to boarding school the way most middle schoolers would. Even with close friends, she wonders whether her scholarship to prestigious Landmark School was worth it. She's tempted to give up when her Mom can't make parents' weekend, and the school bus carrying her roommate, Rosa, disappears. But this reporter for the sixth-grade newspaper has an eye like Nancy Drew and more faith and courage than she realizes. Jeri solves the mystery---and makes landmark decisions to trust God and his Word through circumstances and feelings that don't make sense.
Get to know Freddy Thresher, the first grade shark expert with an uncanny knack for mischief. Join Freddy in this adventure as he schemes and scrimps, trying to earn enough money to buy an awesome fossilized shark tooth. Packed with humor, illustrations, and even factual information about sharks, the Ready, Freddy! series is perfect for the chapter book reader.
Freddy Thresher has a problem: a really, really big problem. His teacher wants the class to do reports on nocturnal animals, and everybody but Freddy has a really cool animal to study. How will Freddy find one? When his best friend, Robbie, says the two boys should have a sleepover and sneak outside at night, Freddy makes a huge mistake and ends up getting his latenight wish in a very unexpected way!
I have a problem. A really, really, big problem. I want to try out for the peewee hockey team, but so does Max..."
Bullies are a problem in school, and Max Sellars is the worst one yet. In addition to hassling Freddy, Max also challenges him for the open spot on the peewee hockey team. Freddy's close friend Jessie is a star hockey player, and she secretly teaches him some rules and tricks. In a warm and funny ending, Max and Freddy make peace with one another, andin a surprising twistend up becoming teammates.
Meet Freddy Thresher, a boy who has a nose for trouble and a last name that's made him an expert on sharks. You can learn more about sharks, too! With content, humor, characters, and vocabulary that are perfect for the chapterbook readerit's time to get ready for Freddy!
What is it to be an American? In lyrical, soul-searching free verse and seamless, evocative paintings, the father-son team who presented Jazz, delivers a heartfelt and thought-provoking homage to this country. Reflective and non-judgmental, stretching across a tumultuous history, following dreams of and struggles for freedom, this is a masterful and stunning presentation of patriotism through poetry, quotations and depictions of myriad Americans—from Tecumseh to Abraham Lincoln to Jimi Hendrix—and the heart and soul of this land.
