Esmeralda y yo

"Six short stories written in verse, in simple language, and about topics that are highly appealing to young children, such as animals and their environment. This book can be read aloud by two people in a classroom or in the comfort of home. Few books on the market today offer what this one does: performing a shared reading, as though reading a musical score. Essential for home or the classroom."

Summer is over and that can only mean one thing for eight-year-old Mallory McDonald (like the restaurant, but no relation)--she has to go back to school. But not just any school, a new school with all new kids in it. To make matters worse, her mom is going, too! She's the new music teacher, and Mallory can't think of anything that could possibly be worse--until her first day.

Dwight es un chico que hace muchas cosas raras, como usar la misma camiseta durante un mes o prentender que los demás lo llamen "Capitan Dwight'. Esto es patético, sobre todo para Tommy, que se sienta junto a él durante el almuerzo. Pero hay algo que Dwight hace muy bien, origami. Ha creado un Yoda de papel y lo lleva en el dedo. Y ahi es donde las cosas se ponen misteriosas. Yoda Origami puede predecir el futuro y aconsejar la mejor forma de resolver un problema delicado. Sus consejos realmente funcionan, y todos los chicos del colegio se acercan a consultarle.

Humour and high adventure combine in the biggest, new action adventure in years - even if its characters are very small. Infinity Drake -aka Finn - is off on holiday with his mad scientist uncle when they are summoned to a crisis meeting. Scarlatti, a lethal bio-weapon - an uber-wasp killing machine - has been released by a pitiless villain, with incalculable consequences for mankind. UNLESS Uncle Al can shrink a military team to track down and kill the beast. But then disaster strikes - sabotage! Finn gets shrunk to 9mm and has to jump in a tiny Apache helicopter with three soldiers in a...