Princesas que cambiaron el cuento

People today refer to the Midwestern and prairie states as flyover country. During the Civil War, crossing those areas was the biggest obstacle in uniting the East and West Coasts of our divided nation. An act of Congress in 1862 authorized the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroad companies to build a railroad that would link the coasts. Seven years later, on May 10, 1869, an overwhelmingly immigrant labor force completed the task when a rail line was join in Promontory, Utah. The states had become united at last.

"Mi enfermedad me ha hecho vivir etapas difíciles y he tenido que pasar por muchos momentos tristes. Pero todos estos instantes me han enseñado a valorar las cosas de verdad: estar con las personas que me quieren y luchan para hacerme feliz, disfrutar de cada instante, avanzar y no rendirme nunca. Si en tu vida mantienes la esperanza, disfrutarás de una vida fantástica."

Con un cartón, tijeras, pinturas, pegamento y otros materiales, los ilustradores crean dos narraciones visuales en las cuales forman figuras geométricas, personas, animales y otros bichos. A partir de estas imágenes, el pequeño creará sus propias historias y ejercitará la psicomotricidad fina.

This Spanish language edition of Yuyi Morales's Pura Belpré Award winner and New York Times Bestseller Dreamers is now available in paperback! Caldecott Honor artist and six-time Pura Belpré winner Yuyi Morales's gorgeous book Dreamers, and its Spanish language version Soñadores, are about making a home in a new place. Yuyi and her son Kelly's passage was not easy, and Yuyi did not speak any English at the time. But together, they found an unexpected, unbelievable place: the public library. There, book by book, they untangled the language of this strange new land, and learned to make their ...