El regalo perdido de Papá Noel

"¡A dormir, Ted! --¡Todavía no! --dice Ted--. Estoy muy ocupado. ¿Qué estará tramando Ted antes de irse a dormir? Abre las solapas y descúbrelo..."--Back cover.

What do you want to be when you grow up? You can be whatever you want! Ana Gal�n and Luz Igolnikow have created a wonderful book that will inspire girls from all over the world. Elena quiere ser famosa y pide ayuda a su familia. Todos le dan una sugerencia diferente, hasta que su hermano contribuye una idea simple y genial. Incluye la receta de unas deliciosas galletas y breves rese�as sobre la vida de las famosas mujeres latinoamericanas que se mencionan en la historia.

Computers, cell phones, I Pads -- isn’t that what living in this world today is all about? We stay connected to a world that changes every day, and almost every minute. What if we did not have those ways of communications, and had to use books instead? That is what came to mind as I thought of a scenario of a young girl having a dream in which all those ways of technology did not exist, and realizing what it would be like without her “Books on the Shelf.”

"An anthology of contemporary poems selected with today's children in mind. It includes poems by Federico García Lorca, Luis Cernuda, María Elena Walsh, Laura Devetach, Gloria Fuertes, Gabriela Mistral, Juana de Ibarbourou, Nicolás Guillén, Jairo Aníbal Niño, and Elsa Bornemann, among others."