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Garlic feels as though she's always doing something wrong. At least with her friend Carrot by her side and the kind Witch Agnes encouraging her, Garlic is happy to just tend her garden, where it's nice and safe.But when her village of vegetable folk learns that a bloodthirsty vampire has moved into the nearby castle, they all agree that, in spite of her fear and self-doubt, Garlic is the obvious choice to confront him. And with everyone counting on her, Garlic reluctantly agrees to face the mysterious vampire, hoping she has what it takes.After all, garlic drives away vampires... right?

A remarkable tale of books and reading, now in a bilingual Spanish-English edition. On most days, teacher and librarian Luis Soriano Bohorquez packs his two burros, Alfa and Beto, with books and makes his way over mountains and through valleys to visit children in far-flung villages in rural Colombia all for the sake of literacy and culture. Based on the work of a remarkable man and his intrepid burros, this bilingual English and Spanish edition celebrates the impact that a special mobile library called the biblioburro has had on the lives of real children. About the author: Monica Brown s...

"Te atreves a pasar miedo de verdad? ¿No te asusta indagar en leyendas de castillos, conventos abandonados, casas que no existen o cementerios malditos...? Álvaro, Cris, Belén y David, la pandilla de Los Sin Miedo, te están esperando con sus terroríficas aventuras. ¿Qué puede ocurrir una tranquila tarde de verano cuando cuatro amigos se disponen a ir en bicicleta a las fiestas del pueblo vecino en el que están de vacaciones?"--P. [4] of cover. - Come along, if you dare! Are you brave enough to investigate legendary castles, abandoned convents, haunted houses, and spooky cemeteries?...

¿Qué puede hacer un diablo ante la pureza y la bondad de alguien como Iván el Tonto? Todos sus intentos por corromperlo, por provocar su codicia y su ambición con dinero y otras promesas son vanos. Sin siquiera proponérselo, Iván arruina una y otra vez con su inocencia y su tesón las tretas con las que el diablo juega a llevarlo a su terreno. De manera desinteresada, Iván hace el bien a sus vecinos sin esperar recompensa, del mismo modo que se ocupa de labrar la tierra o de recoger la cosecha. En las 27 historias recogidas en el libro, muchas de ellas inspiradas en la mitología...