Sit. Stay ... oink? Twelve-year-old Grace is desperate for a puppy. All she wants is someone to love-and to love her back. Someone who'll make her new stepfather's house feel like home. Christmas morning, Grace springs out of bed hopeful that her dreams are about to come true. But the present that awaits her isn't soft and furry. It's not a puppy at all-it's a PIG. Grace names him Bernard and tries to make the best of the situation, even though Bernard is awful at playing fetch and walking on a leash-all the things Grace dreamed of doing with a pet. But when a good friend lands in the hospital, Grace discovers that Bernard might have a special talent for making sick people feel better. Can Grace convince her skeptical family to get on board with training Bernard to become a certified therapy animal? Or will she and Bernard both end up out in the cold?
In the spirit of a dream, many immigrants of color set out across continents, oceans, and borders, travelling to the United States in pursuit of opportunity. This audiobook is a celebration of 13 American immigrants of color, from world-famous to local heroes, politicians, surgeons, athletes, activists and more.
The biographies included feature engineer and astronaut Anousheh Ansari; Paralympic athlete and entrepreneur Alejandro Albor; surgeon Ayub Khan Ommaya; jazz musician Candido Camero; dancer Conceiçao Damasceno; Sriracha inventor and businessman David Tran; basketball player Dikembe Mutombo; author Edwidge Danticat; politician Ilhan Omar; comic artist Jim Lee; environmental activist Juana Guttierez; cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and the Undocupoets, a group of undocumented poets.
These stories are told in poems by Aida Salazar.
Karen Brewer, Big Sister
Everybody used to love Karen. She was cute. She was the littlest sister. But now baby Emily is in their family, and Karen feels left
out.
Then Emily gets sick and everybody has to take care of her. Even Karen. And that's when Karen finds out that being a big sister is
the most fun of all!
Child, you are awake! You are alive! You are a bright star, Inside our hearts. Told with a combination of powerful, spare language and sumptuous and complex imagery that is typical of Yuyi Morales's work, this is the story of a fawn making her way through a border landscape teeming with flora and fauna native to the region. A gentle but empowering voice encourages her to face her fears when she comes across an obstacle in the form of an insurmountable barrier. Perfect for very young children looking for their place in a world full of uncertainty, it is a story that will resonate with many, especially those whose safety is threatened due to the immigration crisis in the US.
Charlie O'Reilly is an only child. Which is why it makes everyone uncomfortable when he talks about his brother. Liam. His little brother, who, up until a year ago, slept in the bunk above Charlie, took pride in being as annoying as possible, and was the only person who could make Charlie laugh until it hurt. Then came the morning when Liam disappeared forever. No one even remembers him-not Charlie's mother, who is lost in her own troubles; and not Charlie's father, who is always gone on business trips. The only person who believes Charlie is his best friend, Ana; even if she has no memory of Liam, she is as determined as Charlie to solve the mystery of his missing brother. The search seems hopeless ... until Charlie finds a mysterious note, unmistakably written in Liam's handwriting. And if he and Ana are going to figure out what happened to Liam, they have no choice but to follow its instructions-even if doing so could mean that they, too, might disappear, unremembered, forever.Rebecca K. S. Ansari's debut is a stunning contemporary fantasy about love, loss, and the power to forgive that we all have inside us-even if we forget that it's there.
Aaron Slater loves listening to stories and dreams of one day writing them himself. But when it comes to reading, the letters just look like squiggles to him, and it soon becomes clear he struggles more than his peers. When his teacher asks each child in the class to write a story, Aaron can't get a single word down. He is sure his dream of being a storyteller is out of reach... until inspiration strikes, and Aaron finds a way to spin a tale in a way that is uniquely his.
Víctor sabe que cada uno de los miembros de su familia tienen problemas: su padre porque quiere perder de vista al pelota de la Caja de Ahorros que lleva tiempo fastidiándole la vida, su madre quiere una plaza en la guardería para su hermanita pequeña pero no la consigue, su hermano Quique necesita aprobar el examen de mates del lunes y su hermana Georgina está colgada por un tal Floro que pasa de ella.
Así que, en un arranque de generosidad, decide ayudarles y para ello contará con la ayuda fiel de sus amigos los gemelos y del profesor Astra y sus habilidades esotéricas.
¡Pero el resultado es que son todos unos desagradecidos! Y con todo el esfuerzo que ha hecho por salvarles la vida... ¿quién lo salvará ahora a él?
Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano.
'Los mayores están locos, locos, locos'.
Es lo que piensa Víctor porque por mucho que se esfuerza y trata de ayudar a todos los que le rodean, parece que las cosas nunca le salen como él las planea.
En su casa ve a sus padres siempre preocupados por sus travesuras, a sus hermanos Georgina y Quique obsesionados con los chicos (la una) y con las chicas (el otro), quejándose y echándole la culpa de todas sus desgracias, a sus vecinos que se apartan cuando le ven bajar las escaleras...
Pues eso: 'los mayores están locos, locos, locos'.
Jordi Sierra i Fabra nació en Barcelona el 26 de julio de 1947.
Es conocido por su obra como escritor de literatura infantil y juvenil y su trabajo como periodista musical. Su vocación de escritor es clara y firme desde muy temprano: confiesa que dio sus primeros pasos con tan sólo ocho años de edad y a los doce años ya escribió su primera novela larga, de quinientas páginas.
Pese a su clara vocación no contaba con la aprobación o el entusiasmo de sus padres, quienes al acabar el bachillerato le obligaron a trabajar en una empresa de construcción durante el día y a estudiar para ser aparejador durante la noche.
De su infancia ha dicho que 'fui tres veces reprimido: por mi padre, por el régimen y por la escuela franquista'.
Aún así, su determinación y su tenacidad son más fuertes que cualquier obstáculo y sus insistentes cartas semanales a la cadena de radio Cadena Ser le llevaron a convertirse en uno de los fundadores de la revista 'El Gran Musical' en 1968.
En 1970 pudo abandonar los estudios para convertirse en comentarista musical, lo que le permitió viajar por todo el mundo con grupos y artistas del momento mientras cubría sus actuaciones y escribir reportajes.
Ten-year-olds Tommy and Johnny do everything together. Whether it's riding the school bus, having sleepovers or watching the same old movies every single Christmas, the two of them are inseparable. During one of their traditional December movie nights, Tommy makes a wish that if he had just one Christmas wish, it would be for him and Johnny to be together forever.
But little does he know, there's magic around. Magic that can make his dream come true.
¡Estás despierta, mi amor! ¡Estás viva! Eres un lucero en nuestros corazones. Contado con la combinación de lenguaje sobrio y poderoso y las metáforas suntuosas y complejas típica de la obra de Yuyi Morales, esta es la historia de una cervatilla que se abre paso a través del paisaje de la frontera, repleto de la flora y la fauna nativas de la región. Una voz dulce, pero que la estimula y le otorga fuerza, anima a la cervatilla a enfrentar sus temores cuando encuentra un obstáculo en forma de una barrera infranqueable. Este es el primer libro de Yuyi Morales después de Soñadores, éxito de ventas de The New York Times, y está dirigido a lectores muy jóvenes que buscan su lugar en un mundo lleno de incertidumbre. Es un libro que resuena en todos los niños y niñas, especialmente en aquellos cuya seguridad está bajo amenaza debido a la crisis de inmigración en Estados Unidos.
Book 1: Escargot
Bonjour! Escargot is a beautiful French snail who wants only two things:
1. To be your favorite animal.
2. To get to the delicious salad at the end of the book.
But when he gets to the salad, he discovers that there's a carrot in it. And Escargot hates carrots. But when he finally tries one―with a little help from you!―he discovers that it's not so bad after all.
In A Book for Escargot, the standalone sequel to Escargot--written by award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author Dashka Slater and illustrated by Sydney Hanson--we follow a funny and charming French snail through a library to find the book of his dreams.
Bonjour!It is moi, Escargot, your favorite French snail.Today I am going on a trip to the library, where there are so many stories to choose from!Stories about dog superheroes…guinea pig detectives....and flamingo astronauts.
But sadly, none of these books is about a daring snail hero who saves the day. What is that you say? Perhaps this is the book about the snail hero? Ooh-la-la!
