Carlota No Dice ni Pío

Presents the English and Spanish words for favorite playthings through labelled illustrations featuring Maisy the mouse and her friends. On board pages.

¡La banda de los Super Insectos se reúne de nuevo! La banda de los Super Insectos viene a jugar y Lulú sabe exactamente lo que van a hacer. Pero cuando las cosas no pasan de la manera que ella las planificó, algunos sentimientos se hieren. ¡Esto es un trabajo para Super Catarina! ¡Únete a Super Catarina y La Banda de los Super Insectos en su primera cita de juegos!

'Come, Jameela. Stand right here. I need to do something.' I grab hold of his sleeve. 'Where are you going?' His face is twisted. He doesn't look at me. 'Never mind.' Jameela lives with her family in a war-torn village in Afghanistan. Life is hard, but when her mother dies, and her father remarries, Jameela has to face a greater horror. To survive she draws on the strong sense of self that her mother gave her. Based on a real girl called Sameela, and a real orphanage, this unforgettable novel tells the story of a devout Muslim girl and what life is really like in post-Taliban Afghanistan....

Spanish/English edition of a classic tale. One day Tortoise overhears Hare boasting, 'I can run so fast I leave the wind behind.' 'What nonsense,' says Tortoise to Hare. 'I'll give you a race.' Hare falls about laughing, but all the same he accepts the challenge. As they set off, Hare bounds down the lane, with Tortoise creeping along behind. Hare obviously has the natural advantage, so he stops for an elevenses of carrots, is overcome by sleepiness and takes a long nap. Soon Tortoise has crept slowly but surely past him and wins the race - just! Aesop's most well-known fable - pitting...