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Winner at the 2016 Gellet Burgess Award - Society & Culture This is a tale all about how important it is to shine as brightly as you can, with the light that we all carry within us and makes us unique. Guided Reading Level: L, Lexile Level: 640L
Valeria had learned lots of things at school. She knew all about numbers, letters, and colors. She spent a lot of time with her head in the clouds, but her shyness meant she spent her whole life looking at the ground, until one day she looked up to catch her hat in the wind. And then, she discovered something she'd never seen before.
Why is Wolf looking for Little pig? Will he find him? An engaging and funny board book with a surprising end that will delight little ones.
The Mérimée classic that Bizet brought to the opera is presented here in a new version, inspired by the choreography by Johan Inger for the Spanish National Dance Company. Discover the story of Carmen through the pure and crystal-clear eyes of a child. I am nine years old. I love playing with my ball and my friend who is a corporal in the Alcalá Dragoon Regiment. My neighbor Carmen is the most beautiful woman I know. Everyone loves her, but she prefers to fly. My neighbor Carmen works in the cigar factory outside my hometown. She is such a dazzling woman. When the siren sounds signal the end of the working day, the square gathers a huge crowd of admirers from all over. However, Carmen is a free spirit, and she always repeats the same motto: Love is a rebellious bird that none can tame, and it is quite in vain that one calls it. If it suits it to refuse, nothing to be done, threat or plea. An endearing story that will bring the little ones closer to the world of opera and dance and will invite readers to reflect on the true nature of love.
Squirrel and Bird are very different. One likes nuts, and the other likes worms! But both of them are happy to try something new. And together, they make the very best of friends. A beautiful tale of an unlikely friendship, brought to life with sweet illustrations.
"Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies."
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A new and hilarious adventure for Charlie on the class camping trip. Charlie is going camping with the school and his classmate, Big Louis, the biggest boy in his class, is his partner. Ever-prepared Charlie has packed lots of things in his backpack. As soon as they arrive Charlie accidentally hits Big Louis on the foot with a hammer but... fortunately Charlie has all the essentials to make a cast for it. Unfortunately for Big Louis, he puts the cast on the wrong foot! As the day goes on, with one mishap after another, Big Louis asks the teacher to change partner, but when danger strikes, Charlie shows that a good friend is always there to help.
Diego Velázquez (15991660) was one of the towering figures of western painting and Baroque art, a technical master renowned for his focus on realism and startling veracity. Everything he painted was treated as a portrait, from Spanish royalty and Pope Innocent X, to a mortar and pestle. This comprehensive introduction to Velázquezs life and art includes a discussion of all his major works, and illustrates most of Velázquezs surviving output of approximately 110 paintings. The artists greatest innovation his unorthodox and revolutionary technique is explored in relation to the styles of certain of his most celebrated contemporaries both in Spain and beyond, including Titian and Rubens. The book concludes with a final chapter on the influence and importance of Velázquezs art on later painters from the time of his own death to the art of recent times including Francisco Goya, Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon and the Impressionists.
Carlitos is a small, short child who only has eyes for Ines. However, she is a tall, pretty girl who attracts everyone's attention, so never notices him. He does everything in his power to be noticed but to no avail: for Ines it's as if he does not exist. Hope arrives one day when he gets "glasses to see," and is convinced that finally she might notice him."