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¡Mamá y bebé ahora pueden contar y acurrucarse mientras se abrazan y leen sobre el divertido día del bebé en este libro para los lectores más jóvenes! Cuente del uno al diez mientras mamá y bebé se acurrucan durante el día. Desde un abrazo para despertar, hasta cuatro “​¡Siempre te atraparé!” abrazos, hasta diez “¡Te amo!” abrazos de buenas noches, este libro de cartón captura momentos especiales entre mamás y bebés.

Calpurnia Virginia Tate is eleven years old in 1899 when she wonders why the yellow grasshoppers in her Texas backyard are so much bigger than the green ones. With a little help from her notoriously cantankerous grandfather, an avid naturalist, she figures out that the green grasshoppers are easier to see against the yellow grass, so they are eaten before they can get any larger. As Callie explores the natural world around her, she develops a close relationship with her grandfather, navigates the dangers of living with six brothers, and comes up against just what it means to be a girl at the...

En esta obra, arquetípica por lo fácil que resulta identificarse con algunos de sus personajes, Mary Shelley narra la historia de un hombre que desafía a la Naturaleza intentando evitar la muerte. Su trasgresión le cuesta cara, pues la muerte acecha constantemente a su familia e, incluso, a él mismo. El monstruo que el doctor Frankenstein crea no es malo ni violento, sino que la falta de amor (tesis del romanticismo como corriente literaria) ocasiona su comportamiento destructivo.

Sebastian can't sleep because his new neighbors' dog won't stop barking at night. This is the best excuse he has to meet his neighbor, with whom he is hopelessly in love. Nadia is strange and mysterious; in fact, his friend Pedro is sure that she is a vampire. But none of this matters to Sebastian, who is determined to confess his love for her. So between pranks and nearly heroic acts, Sebastian discovers the distance that too often lies between dreams and reality. Considering the freshness of the narration and the nearness of Sebastian's experiences and readers' lives, it doesn't surprise us ...