Estrellita Says Good-bye to Her Island

The beautiful Martina Josefina Catalina Cucaracha doesn't know coffee beans about love and marriage, so when suitors come calling, what is she to do? Luckily, she has her Cuban family to help! While some of the Cucarachas offer Martina gifts to make her more attractive, only Abuela, her grandmother, gives her some useful advice: spill coffee on his shoes to see how he handles anger. At first, Martina is skeptical of her Abuela's suggestion, but when suitor after suitor fails the Coffee Test, she wonders if a little green cockroach can ever find true love. After reading this award-winning...

A touch and feel book introducing words which name textures associated with various animals such as scratchy cat, velvety cow, and rubbery fish.

Winner at the 2012 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards. A subtle, deceptively simple book about the relationship between a kid and his Grandfather, suffering from Alzeimer’s. Love and understanding are often the best tools for dealing with this problem. And who better to help than a mischievous grandson? Grandpa Monty is a bit confused: he tries to roast the chicken inside the washing machine, he gets towels mixed up with napkins, gloves mixed up with socks, and he’s always forgetting my name! My mom and uncle Andrew are worried things could get worse, so they decided it was best if Grandpa ...

Los personajes y escenarios de estos cuentos ambientados en el s. XIX son partícipes de un ambiente mitológico y de anécdotas vinculadas al folclore chileno. Se incluye un glosario con términos chilotes.