Libros de Ana Maria Machado (3 libros)

In order to prevent a woodchopper from cutting down its tree, a little bird must fly to many important people to ask that the tree remain.

La historia recrea el cuento tradicional de la gallina que creía que se iba a acabar el mundo. La gallina le cuenta al gallo; el gallo le cuenta al patoà Y así hasta le cuentan el hombre, quien se asusta y empieza a correr sin detenerse a averiguar si el rumor es real.

Feeling confined in her quiet shore village and wishing she could be at sea, Cristiana is drawn to an old boat called the "Cristóbal Colón," and uses it as her audience as she retells the story of Columbus and his voyages, mixed with her own life and memories.