Las telarañas de Carlota

2021 Pura Belpré Honor Book NYPL Best Book of 2020 2020 Evanston Public Library Great Books for Kids In this magical middle-grade debut novel from Adrianna Cuevas, The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez, a Cuban American boy must use his secret ability to communicate with animals to save the inhabitants of his town when they are threatened by a tule vieja, a witch that transforms into animals. The Spanish language edition! All Nestor Lopez wants is to live in one place for more than a few months and have dinner with his dad. When he and his mother move to a new town to live with his grandmother...

The adventures of eight-year-old Rita come to life in this extraordinary, interactive series of augmented reality books. After installing a simple computer program that is included on the accompanying CD-ROM, children use their webcams to reveal three different three-dimensional animations in each book. In the first, Rita introduces the adventure on which kids are about to embark. In the second animation, in the middle of each book, Rita appears again with more information on the subjects and places being discussed in each story. A final animation allows children to take a photo of themselves ...

Victoria is the daughter of a Roman senator who must travel to Jerusalem to collect the inheritance left to her by her grandfather, a Hebrew scribe converted to Christianity. Her family tries at all costs to marry her off to her cousin to keep the inheritance. Nevertheless, she is in love with a Christian slave to whom she writes letters describing her personal experiences.

La fábula se desarrolla en una aldea poblada de esfinges negras que conviven con los aldeanos. Estas bestias siempre intentan sacar algún tipo de ventaja. Las quimeras toman cuerpo cuando los seres vivos experimentan conflictos o disonancias.Cuando los seres humanos emprenden una nueva vida, aparece entonces la esfinge blanca con estas palabras: "Buenas noches, joven maestro. Soy la realidad de tus lágrimas de tu corazón. El camino es el que da entrada al otro lado de la página."