Cuentos cortos para noches largas

Mañungo es un niño desaliñado y chascón. Vive con sus abuelos en las laderas de una montaña sureña. Sus compañeros de curso se burlan de él, incluso lo apodaron “ñoño” por su extraño vocabulario. Su abuelo, de aspecto mañoso pero cariñoso, tiene descendencia española, por eso también usa palabras raras que le hacen añorar su tierra natal. Una vez que se acaban las clases, todo el colegio se prepara para la fiesta de fin de año. Mañungo entonces realizará un acto musical que cambiará la percepción que todos tienen de este entrañable niño ñoño.

The three gibbons play together. They are named Ibon, Nibon, and Sabon. Their faces are round and thanks to their long arms they can perform any acrobatics. We follow them when they come down the hill when they escape the crocodile, and we watch as they eat and sing on the way home. Share with them the pleasure of simple discoveries.

Sofia loves to draw and expresses with vivid colors everything she feels. She makes cheerful drawings when she receives gifts and dark drawings when something bothers her or breaks her heart, then she keeps them all in a drawer. One day, a big annoying monster appears at her side.

This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow! In this second book in the series, Alexander and his new friend, Rip, try to learn more about the monster-filled notebook. They follow clues left by strange worms called night crawlers. It turns out new monsters are in town--giant fish monsters called tunnel fish--and even a fish-kabob...