Androcles y el león

Proud Rooster, always ignoring everyone’s advice, gets into all sorts of trouble. Filling his tummy with green strawberries, falling off a tree while showing off, and skating on thin ice after being repeatedly warned, nearly do him in. But Proud Rooster’s final hard lesson changes him forever. While lying on a hospital bed, he’s glad to learn that it’s not too late to obey. Virtues: Humility / Respect for Parents / Self-Discipline Ignorando siempre el consejo de todos, el Gallo Orgulloso se mete en todo tipo de problemas. Pero la dura lección final del Gallo Orgulloso lo cambia para...

Tres niños crecen en el mismo vecindario infestado de drogas, gobernado por pandillas y empobrecido. Nelson se convierte en un médico exitoso, su mejor amigo Jesse, en un galardonado ingeniero civil, pero el hermano de Nelson, Alvin, termina en la cárcel.

Even though Randy is much loved at home, he has a serious problem—everything he has is old! His rich neighbor Mike, who often teases Randy, has a new bike, new toys, and never does chores. Randy, however, rides an old bike, has old toys, and has to do all kinds of work around the house. Though Randy is often reminded that “things don’t bring happiness,” he desperately wishes he could be rich so he could buy everything new.To Randy’s great delight, his wish comes true. Everything he touches turns into gold, even his beloved dog. As he holds his lifeless gold dog, he realizes he’s...

A proud emperor spends his kingdom’s wealth on beautiful palaces and rich clothes. Two swindlers convince the emperor they can weave a special cloth that is invisible to anyone unfit for office or is very foolish. En un reino lejano vive un orgulloso emperador que gasta la riqueza de su reino en bellos palacios y exquisitas vestimentas. Él tiene todo lo que podría desear: riqueza, admiración y una corte donde nadie se atreve a contradecirlo. Eso es hasta que un par de estafadores llegan a la ciudad prometiendo confeccionarle una vestimenta mágica, que es invisible para cualquiera que...

"In Japan for the summer to practice the martial art of kempo, Lincoln sometimes feels like little more than a brown boy in a white gi. But with the help of his Japanese "brother," Mitsuo, Lincoln sees that people everywhere, whether friends or kempo opponents, share passions much like his own--for baseball, family traditions, and new friendships."

Camino de plata es la ruta poética que Gilda Rincón nos invita a recorrer para encontrar al caracol que se asoma luego de llover. Pero así como la lluvia revela el paradero de este errante animalito, esta esmerada selección de poemas descubre el poder creativo del lenguaje con cada verso que la compone. A su vez, es un pretexto para compartir la cosecha de palabras que con alegría la autora ha recolectado, tal como lo hacen sus vecinos en Chiapas con los chicozapotes, las guanábanas, los plátanos y los mangos. Cada gesto poético de la palabra viene acompañado de las bellas...

One day Matilda Florists found a rag doll in the garden of her house; it was Christina Carrot, not just a simple doll, but one with an ability to discover the magic in things through their smell. This makes Christina Carrot a very special character, not only within the family that adopts her, but with all the inhabitants of the region, who experience charming adventures in the company of Christina Carrot.

Coleccionista de Almas relata las vivencias de un grupo de jóvenes que en medio de una expedición de rutina se encuentran expuestos ante una presencia maligna. El peligro y la adrenalina se encuentra presente a cada paso que dan, en cada palabra que llevarán al lector a un mundo oculto e inimaginable.