Tu turno

Esta es la historia de un niño de once años, Perico, que vive una serie de acontecimientos y aventuras en diversos entornos familiares y escolares; todos ellos están cargados de diversión, sentimientos y emociones, que transportan al lector a un mundo de diversión infantil, imaginación y picaresca y donde la ternura y el respeto a los demás también están presentes.

In his first year of school, Francisco understands little of what his teacher says. But he is drawn to the silent, slow-moving caterpillar in the jar next to his desk. He knows caterpillars turn into butterflies, but just how do they do it? To find out, he studies the words in a butterfly book so many times that he can close his eyes and see the black letters, but he still can't understand their meaning. Illustrated with paintings as deep and rich as the wings of a butterfly, this honest, unsentimental account of a schoolchild's struggle to learn language reveals that our imaginations...

Now in Spanish! The colors of Hispaniola burst into life in this striking, evocative debut picture book that celebrates the joy of being Dominican. If Dominican were a color, it would be the sunset in the sky, blazing red and burning bright. If Dominican were a color, it’d be the roar of the ocean in the deep of the night, With the moon beaming down rays of sheer delight. The palette of the Dominican Republic is exuberant and unlimited. Maiz comes up amarillo, the blue-black of dreams washes over sandy shores, and people’s skin can be the shade of cinnamon in cocoa or of mahogany. This...

The daughter of President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush shares the life of a young woman she met while on an internship with UNICEF and explains how, despite living with HIV and losing her family to AIDS, she is thriving and looking forward to giving her child a better life.