Cuentos de terror del barco negro

In this cumulative Cuban folktale, a bossy rooster dirties his beak when he eats a kernel of corn and must find a way to clean it before his parrot uncle's wedding.

Rita's uncle, Daniel, searches for an alchemist's diary in Prague in this humorous novel filled with magic. The great alchemist Gatuso, who sought to transform common metals into gold, was rumored to have succeeded before meeting a mysterious end. While helping her uncle, Rita discovers that people tell many legends, including those about alchemists, and that sometimes those stories get confused with reality. El tío de Rita, Daniel, busca el diario de un alquimista en Praga en esta novela humorística llena de magia. El gran alquimista Gatuso, quien buscaba transformar metales comunes en...

Each of these humorous books features a young boy or girl who feels bored, lonely, worried, or unfairly treated. Each child discusses the way he or she reacts to these emotions and comes up with ideas to overcome them. Knowing that other children-and even adults, as the stories point out-share these feelings is a great comfort for kids. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

El Destino de un hombre es como un gran tapiz, formado por muchos hilos. Nos sentamos junto a los Dioses a tejer, y cada hilo es un pedazo de nuestra historia. Nuestros padres. Nuestra tierra. Nuestros deseos y nuestros sueños. Todas las experiencias que vivimos. Hasta que un día, sobre este gran tapiz, aparece un proyecto único e irrepetible: nuestra vida