A bilingual collection of Southwestern folktales with some tricky women teaching people simple lessons. Una colección bilingüe de cuentos populares del sudoeste con algunas mujeres difíciles que enseñan a las personas lecciones simples.

Retells, in parallel English and Spanish text, the traditional Hispanic American tale of a proud and beautiful woman who, in a fit of jealousy, commits a terrible act and then cannot stop weeping for it, even after she is dead.

Guided by a blue hummingbird, Jade brings an offering to the Mountain Spirit who lives near her village in Mexico, and asks if he will send rain to end the drought that threatens the people. Includes information about the legend on which this story is based and facts about corn.

Les Fleurs du mal is a collection of poems by Charles Baudelaire, encompassing almost all of his production in verse, from 1840 until his death at the end of August 1867. Flowers of Evil It is a major work of modern poetry. His pieces break with agreed style, in use until then and rejuvenate the structure of the verse by regular use of crossings, rejects and counter-rejects. This renovates the rigid form of the sonnet. He uses suggestive images by...

Brief text and illustrations trace the journey of a colorful train as it goes through tunnels, by cities, and over trestles.

A retelling of the familiar fairy tale in which the Little Red Hen, unable to get her friends to help her with her bread-making project, refuses to share the fruits of her labor.

Carlos ignores his father's advice about being careful how he spends his money at the carnival, and soon his pockets are empty.

A retelling of the story of two sisters who do not obey their father and are carried off into the mountains by El Cucuy.