"In this ode to family, the young narrator compares the hands of family members to plants in the natural world. She promises to give back all the love they have always given her"-- En este libro bilingüe imagen conmovedora, el joven narrador compara manos de miembros de la familia de plantas en el mundo natural y amorosamente representa los lazos familiares.

Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Walt is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man, who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. He is a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor, Thao, a young Hmong teenager, is pressured by his gang member cousin to steal Walt's prize...

Little Quinito and his family take the reader through a day filled with opposites, including short/tall, quiet/loud, and rainy/sunny. Quinito y su familia conducen al lector por un día lleno de opuestos, inclusos bajo y alto, callado y ruidoso, y lluvioso y soleado.

Dr. Lucio Piermarini has a simpler interpretation of what is normally accepted about feeding during the first years of life. The child guides the parents; this leads to the end of conflict during meals, better feeding, saving time and money and the disappearance of eating disorders. Este libro nace de una reflexión concienzuda y radical del doctor Lucio Piermarini sobre el problema del destete y sobre la alimentación infantil. Una reflexión destilada...

"Encanto cuenta la historia de los Madrigal, una familia extraordinaria que vive en una casa mágica escondida en las montañas de Colombia. La magia del Encanto ha bendecido a todos los integrantes de la familia con un fantástico don, desde la súper fuerza hasta el poder de sanar con la comida. A todos, excepto a Mirabel. Al descubrir que la magia que rodea al Encanto está en peligro, Mirabel, la única Madrigal sin un don, podría ser la última...

Relata la historia de Pelzer, quien fue abusado por su madre alcohólico por muchos años.

Burt and Verona are a loving couple. Burt has always wanted to marry Verona, but Verona resists, not seeing the point of the institution. Regardless, they are having a baby together and question their potential parenting abilities. They decide to move closer to Burt's parents so they can share the experience with the baby's grandparents. In Verona's sixth month, she and Burt learn that his parents are moving to Belgium the month before the baby is...

When life gets difficult for Ana Rosa, a twelve-year-old would-be writer living in a small village in the Dominican Republic, she can depend on her older brother to make her feel better--until the life-changing events on her thirteenth birthday.

Presents six stories of children and their families facing everyday mysteries. "Seis cuentos bilingues protagonizados por niños que tratan de resolver difíciles enigmas de la vida diaria." --From publisher's description.