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Living with a sibling can be challenging, especially when you are not very much alike! This humorous story follows two brothers who find themselves in trouble and forbidden to leave the house. The bigger brother is obedient, but the younger brother is adventurous. The older one is preoccupied with preventing the little one from getting into trouble, but the little one is always looking for new ways to do just that! Vivid and colorful illustrations made with original stamps specially created by the illustrator capture this delicate bond and are aimed at developing the importance of cultivating this special relationship. Brothers is a celebration of the powerful and eternal relationship that only two brothers can have.
In A Brother Knows, a young boy named Alejandro mysteriously vanished without a trace from a small town in Mexico. He had been taken by a Mexican drug lord for punishment of the boys father having stolen funds from him. Alejandro is taken to the United States and brainwashed to believe he is Alex and has a new family and leads a new life. His older brother Eduardo knew that his Alejandro was alive somewhere and would not give up until he would find him. Years passed and Alejandro was nowhere to be found until one day they crossed paths in the United Stated and started a friendship. Eduardo was certain Alex was his younger brother who had vanished. However, Alex had forgotten all about his pr...
Something is wrong in the city of La Bene. It’s January, and the midsummer market is in full swing, with a music competition on one side and an exhibit of new magical machines on the other. The atmosphere sours when rumors of the return of the malarial mosquito fairies inflame angry crowds and suspicion of foreigners. Detectives Rocío Díaz Rossi and Hala Haddad Sosa are on the spot when a conflict between an angry crowd and a boat full of despised river folk boils up. Rocio is known for her people skills and Hala has a talent for putting unlikely clues together. But nothing is what it seems in this case. Is their city at risk? Or are the stakes much more personal? This short novel takes place before the events of Shadow of the City, “A police procedural set in one of the snazziest fantasy settings ever.” — Rachel Neumeier, author of The Floating Islands
Travel to all seven continents and the oceans, too, with an energetic yoga sequence set to an irresistible original song. Sweet illustrations guide children into more than a dozen yoga poses, some mimicking a distinctive animal from each global region, others paired with modes of transportation to connect them all. Written by a children’s yoga expert, the playful story concludes with step-by-step instructions for each yoga pose and a world map with a fun fact about each animal. Includes audio and animation.
Un agente debe investigar la muerte sospechosa de una mujer mayor. En medio de esa tarea interroga a la sobrina adoptiva de la difunta, y se siente atraído por ella. "El policía" –de las obras más tempranas de la producción literaria de José Rodríguez Chaves– hace coincidir la pesquisa criminal con los pasos veloces y extraños de esa relación, como si quisiera mostrarnos uno de los sitios a los que puede llevar el poder de los sentimientos. José Rodríguez Chaves (Villagarcía de la Torre, Badajoz, 1946 - Madrid, 2016) fue un escritor español y licenciado en Derecho. Entre sus novelas cabe citar: "Un mundo que agoniza" (1971), "Ser temido, ser amado" (1998), "El policía" (2001), "El largo aliento del león" (2005), "Los trabajos de Lisardo el enamorado" (2007), "El divino suceso" (2008), "Urbi et Orbi" (2010) y "Escrito en el viento" (2011). Fue colaborador de revistas y de más de una quincena de periódicos, tanto de ámbito nacional como regional.
1993. Rocío, la única hija sobreviviente del poderoso Capitán Miguel Escusa de Arnus, es hallada sin vida en una playa de Algeciras a la semana de haber desaparecido junto a un joven de origen humilde. En tanto continúa la búsqueda de Alejandro, Rocío es enterrada con todo boato en el nicho mortuorio anexo al de Alba, su hermana gemela fallecida años atrás. Sin embargo, la realidad es muy distinta. Rocío se encuentra a más de mil kilómetros de la lápida en la que pone su nombre. El caso Gazanias es encomendado al comisario Néstor Palacios que cuenta con la ayuda de su subordinado Luis Vidal; un comisario destituido por negligencia y enviado al País Vasco como castigo, y que ha ...
Angus and his family have moved. The dogs seem different in his new neighborhood. Where are they all going? A sweet adventure tale that will delight young children.
El concepto de cine centrífugo hace referencia a realizaciones que trascienden el patrón narrativo y estético del cine de Hollywood, todavía dominante hasta los años noventa.
La Literatura Infantil y Juvenil ha sido objeto de atención preferente para la mayoría de los Estados dictatoriales. Con su control se trató de moldear la cultura de los más jóvenes para impulsar un sentimiento de identidad nacional homogéneo, afín a la ideología de sus gobiernos. Esta monografía revela los diferentes tipos de censura, las estrategias de veto y la propaganda ejercida por medio de suplementos periodísticos y lecturas hagiográficas. Del mismo modo, también se muestra la resiliencia de autores y editoriales disidentes que apostaron por romper la imposición del canon institucional y defendieron la libertad de las letras, para abrir camino a la pluralidad temática.C...
An imaginative movement exercise that adults and toddlers can do together to help children focus and transition between activities. One of four stylish board books in the Mindful Tots series, designed to help toddlers manage the ups and downs of everyday emotions.