El Arbolito de Navidad

2021 Pura Belpré Honor Book NYPL Best Book of 2020 2020 Evanston Public Library Great Books for Kids In this magical middle-grade debut novel from Adrianna Cuevas, The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez, a Cuban American boy must use his secret ability to communicate with animals to save the inhabitants of his town when they are threatened by a tule vieja, a witch that transforms into animals. The Spanish language edition! All Nestor Lopez wants is to live in one place for more than a few months and have dinner with his dad. When he and his mother move to a new town to live with his grandmother...

With eye-catching illustrations, a quirky and joyful celebration of food and family by two seasoned stars Pam Muñoz Ryan and Joe Cepeda at their playful best. A perfect read-aloud. Rosa María tiene una casa pequeña, pero un gran corazón, y le encanta cocinar y servir a toda su familia. Rosa María debe preparar la fiesta de cumpleaños para el más pequeño de sus nietos, sin embargo, algunas cosas comienzan a desaparecer de su cocina. ¿Dónde están la cuchara de madera, la bolsa de los mandados y las trampas para ratones?

...Un día, al salir de casa, el viento bandido se llevó siete rayas de su vestido. Una araña, una serpiente, el arco iris y una cigarra, entre otros animales del bosque, ayudarán a Camila a olvidar su pena. Las ilustraciones de Óscar Villán son sencillas y expresivas; están adornadas con simpáticos guiños para que los pequeños lectores busquen más allá de su aparente sencillez. “La Cebra Camila” ofrece una particular visión del paso de la niñez a una cierta conciencia del tiempo, al descubrimiento del mundo y a los problemas que entraña. El texto, de estructura encadenada,...

A man has to face his past and his homeland’s enemies in this exciting historical novel set in 343 AD Britain. Order has been slowly deteriorating in the northern part of the Empire, beyond Hadrian’s Wall, and protection in the face of the Celtic and Pictish tribes is provided by a small, advanced but half-wild legionary unit known as the Frontier Wolves. Alexios Flavius Aquila is put in charge of this unit, knowing this is not a promotion but the end of his career. A poor decision cost him the life of half of his men, and if it weren’t for his uncle’s influence as the governor of...