Sueño en El Yunque

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...

When he moves in with his aunt and uncle to the dodgeball-loving city of Hardington, Phillip gets a rude awakening to the community when he gets a direct hit to the face by the dodgeball-champion of the town, but Phillip doesn't won't take the assault lying down and so takes the bully to court to get the matter sorted once and for all.

¡Ay, si pudieras observar el mundo desde allá arriba, trepado en tu cometa! ¿Cuántas cosas podrías ver? Como los astronautas, lograrías saber lo que sucede sin que nadie te viera… Además podrías contarnos donde ha ido a parar todo aquello que se ha llevado el viento.

Cuentos tradicionales sobre osos, ositos y osazos, escritos de una manera muy peculiar: manteniendo siempre un tono coloquial, Montserrat del Amo narra estas historias como si nos las contara al amor de la lumbre o bajo las estrellas...