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Para Jessie no hay sobresaltos; su vida transcurre envuelta en la monotonía de lo diario. Ella no tiene a nadie en este mundo. Bueno, sí, en realidad aún le queda su abuela y una cajita de plata forrada en encaje con el anillo de su madre. Pero toda esa realidad está por cambiar. A lo lejos, allá en América, el hermano del rabino de su pueblo agoniza; este quiere que sea ella quien viaje representándolo hasta Nueva York. El relato aprovechará ese escenario para relatar con intensidad y realismo las vicisitudes de un emigrante. La solitaria travesía de Jessie en un gran buque. El...

Thirteen-year-old Hannah Higgins is convinced her summer is ruined when she is forced to travel to Africa and work in a remote village in Kenya with her mom and uncle. Never having been to a developing country, she finds the food gross and the community filthy. She has to live without electricity or running water. Then she is told she must attend school. Just when she thinks nothing could make this trip any worse, she learns people there are dying of hunger and preventable disease. Hannah becomes frustrated and wants to help, but when poverty threatens the lives of people she loves, all she...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) creó el modelo más acabado de detective: Sherlock Holmes y su inseparable amigo y ayudante, el Dr. Watson. Su método deductivo para resolver cualquier enigma por difícil que se presentara, sobre un asesinato, robo o secuestro, se reveló infalible, quedando como modelo a seguir. Siempre con su lupa, su espectacular gorra y su capa de lana escocesa, sobresale entre la pléyade de grandes investigadores: Dupin, Hercules Poirot y el inspector Maigret, y una infinidad de personajes literarios. Contienen actividades de compresión lectora al final del libro....

Now in Spanish bilingual editions--Caldecott Honor winner Grace Lin celebrates math for every kid in this board book series. Take a trip to the farmers market in this playful story about spatial sense. Olivia is searching for something just the right size to fill her basket. The apple is so small that it rolls around. The zucchini is so long that it sticks out. What will fit just right? The Storytelling Math series shows that all children can be mathematical thinkers. Each book includes ideas for exploring math at home with your children, developed in collaboration with math experts at STEM...