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Penelope is running out of time! She dreams of being a writer, but how can she pursue her passion when her mother schedules every minute of her life? And how will she ever prove that writing is worthwhile if her mother keeps telling her to get busy and be more productive?

Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations on women's freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father's arrest.

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.”

Una galleta de cochinito quiere ser el cochinito que jamás coman y se huye de la panadería. Corre calle abajo perseguido por la gente del pueblo. El libro incluye una receta para cocinar las galletas.