Pygmalion

Juan de Pareja, the slave who prepares the paints and canvases of the artist Velâazquez, describes his work with his master and the climate of Spanish court life. I, Juan de Pareja is the winner of the 1966 Newbery Medal. Spanish Edition. Latino Interest.

Frente a la fuente de deseos, Emilio tiró una modena y, cerrando los ojos, pidió tener una mascota. ¡Pero una de verdad! Ya estaba harto de pedirle a sus papás que le compraran una y que su mamá siempre le contestara ¿Para qué más mascotas? Ahí tienes los peces que te compré en la tienda. Emilio no podía entender por qué su mamá le llamaba mascotas a unos (bichos) que vivían prisioneros en una pecera, que abrían la boca sin hacer ruido y que, para colmo, no podía acariciar.

A moving bilingual ode to the unshakeable bond between a parent and child in the tradition of Runaway Bunny and The Wonderful Things You Will Be. If I were a sheep, you would be a lamb. If I were a bear, you would be a cub. As a mother holds her toddler, they muse over the way their love would translate if they were different animals. But no matter how they change, they will always be “us.” This bilingual story is a timeless ode to the unshakable bond between parent and child. Si yo fuera una oveja, tú serías un cordero. Si yo fuera una osa, tú serías un osenzo. Con su niño en...

Cabeza de águila tries to find a way to free his fellow musicians who have been captured by the jealous Tonatiuh Sol because they have only honored the Spirit of the Night, Tezcatlipoca.