Sangre en el río / Blood on the River

This book talks about the work necessary to take care for a guinea pig, as well as some of their common behaviors. Readers will meet Miranda, who has a guinea pig name Griswold. Griswold was adopted from an animal shelter. He loves to dig around in his bedding and hide in his igloo. When Griswold gets excited, he likes to jump up and down in his cage and squeak. Miranda thinks this is funny. Miranda likes taking care of Griswold. She feeds him timothy hay and baby carrots. Illustrations and manageable text are ideal for emerging readers and young listeners.

Jojo's back from jail, and people are tense and afraid all over again. They wonder if his friends will start showing up again. They wonder if they'll be walking down the street one day and they'll run into Jojo and Jojo will give them attitude or shove them around, just for fun. Jojo's friends have a way of making it hard-really hard-on people who decide to press charges against Jojo. Those people just wish Jojo would go away and never come back. Then there are the people who have hate in their hearts. These people wish something bad would happen to Jojo. Something really bad. Ardell Withrow...

Basada en las experiencias reales de la madre de Alexandra Diaz como una refugiada cubana en los Estados Unidos, una historia oportuna y conmovedora de la familia, la amistad, y la lucha por un futuro mejor. A Victoria le encanta su hogar en Cuba con la tierra hermosa, la deliciosa comida, su mejor amiga y prima, Jackie y toda su amorosa y numerosa familia. Pero es el año 1960 y la situación política se está haciendo cada vez más peligrosa. Victoria, sus padres y sus dos hermanos menores tienen que salir como refugios a los Estados Unidos. Lo peor es que tienen que dejar atrás al resto...

"Ati, el pequeño dragón, no logra echar fuego por la boca y se enfrenta a la burla de sus compañeros. Su abuelo lo lleva con el dragón de los deseos. Ati deberá decidir entre aceptarse como es y sentirse orgulloso de su diferencia o tratar de cambiar para ser igual a los demás y ser aceptado"--Cover.