Tú y tu planeta

She was little and quick and pretty. Her mother nicknamed her Colibri, Spanish for "Hummingbird". At age four she was kidnapped, torn from her parents on a crowded bus in Guatemala City. Since then, she's traveled with "Uncle," the ex-soldier and wandering beggar who has renamed her Rosa. Uncle has always told Rosa that he searched for his parents but had no success. There's almost no chance Rosa will ever find them--but Rosa still remembers and longs for them. When she was young, Uncle consulted fortune-tellers who told him that Rosa would bring him luck--a treasure big enough to last him...

Adriana, Jimena y Martina tienen grandes sueños, pero la banda de Don Noloconseguirás les ha llenado los bolsillos de piedras para que no puedan volar... Martina es ligera como una pluma. Le encanta volar de un lado a otro de su cuarto rugiendo como si fuese una avioneta. De mayor quiere ser la mejor piloto del mundo mundial. Adriana es redondita como el punto de la i. Siempre sube los escalones de su casa de tres en cinco porque tiene prisa por abrazar a su queridísimo violín. Sabe que de mayor será una súper violinista. Jimena es silenciosa y se pasa el día entre libros. Le gusta...

Discussing themes such as friendship, fear, and the relationship between dreams and reality, this story shows that life is more interesting when opposites exist. Ugly the monster lives under Handsome's bed. At night when Handsome is asleep, Ugly wakes up. During the day when Handsome goes to school, Ugly sleeps and rests. Ugly and Handsome are as different as night and day, black and white, light and dark, dreams and reality. The hypnotic black-and-white illustrations create a captivating atmosphere that reinforce the story's contrasts and themes. Exponiendo temas como la amistad, el miedo y...

Paula's favorite new word is no and she uses it for everything. Children will enjoy seeing the consequences of her not doing what her mother tells her to do.