Los derechos de los animales

Ingredientes: cinco amigas íntimas y un concurso de cocina entre los alumnos de la Universidad de Ratford. Añadir un chorro de envidia y un puñadito de equívocos. Mezclar bien, cocer a fuego lento y... ¡ya está lista la receta de la amistad perfecta!

Escapando de las garras del yaguareté, un niño se pierde en la selva chaqueña. Allí es rescatado por una pareja de aguará-guazúes, que lo crían como si fuera su propio hijo, y un puma y un oso hormiguero son sus maestros. Finalmente el niño es conducido a la aldea de los wichís donde vence a su enemigo, el yaguareté, y logra la unión de humanos y animales que luchan juntos por la conservación del monte.

The bear's hat is gone, and he wants it back. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes across, one by one, whether they have seen it. Each animal says no, some more elaborately than others. But just as the bear begins to despond, a deer comes by and asks a simple question that sparks the bear's memory and renews his search with a vengeance. Told completely in dialogue, this delicious take on the classic repetitive tale plays out in sly illustrations laced with visual humor - and winks at the reader with a wry irreverence that will have kids of all ages thrilled to be in on the...

Wonderfully atmospheric illustrations capture the feeling of a foggy, gray winter afternoon as well as the lonesome, hopeful watchfulness so familiar to any child, as a little girl stands at a frosty window, drawing pictures in the condensation on the windowpane waiting for her mother to come home.