Nikolski

Sofía and her friends accuse someone of theft based on his appearance, but when the truth comes out, they learn a lesson about passing judgment based on superficial traits.

The man who saved the lives of his PT-109 crewmen during WWII and became the 35th president fought-and won-his first battle at the age of two-and-a-half, when he was stricken with scarlet fever. Although his presidency was cut short, our nation¿s youngest elected leader left an indelible mark on the American consciousness and now is profiled in our Who Was¿? series. Included are 100 black-and-white illustrations as well as a timeline that guides readers through this eventful period in history.

A visual feast of shapes, colors, and poetic riddles, this unique book combines contemporary art with a game of puzzles and observations. Hidden among spectacular pop-ups are hundreds of words and images, including a heart, a teardrop, a smile, flowers, and letters of the alphabet. Children discover new hidden objects with every read and lose themselves in the beauty of each magnificent page spread. Un festival visual de formas, colores y acertijos poéticos, este libro único combina el arte contemporáneo con un juego de adivinanzas y observación. Escondidos entre los desplegables...

O es un buen título, desde luego. Suena corto y rotundo, juguetón, es fácil de recordar, y tiene algo de ese enigma indescifrado de los relatos de Alejandro Pedregosa. Historias breves, intensas, portentosas, escritas con la maestría de un artesano minucioso, y que traen un lejano regusto de leyenda, de fábula moral y atribulada. Un retablo de personajes de una existencia efímera que aparecen tras el telón y que saludan desde el escenario antes de enfrentarse a su destino, trágico a veces, con la resignación del penitente. Todo narrado con un estilo preciso y elegante, nunca exento...