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Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
Description
"¡¡Pi-pii! Es la mejor época de año! El camioncito Azul va repartiendo alegría llevando árboles de Navidad a sus amigos los animales. ¿Puedes ayudar a contar cada árbol verde? ¿No olvides guardar uno para Azulito!"--
The Little Blue Truck spreads cheer by delivering Christmas trees to his animal friends, in a book that includes a final page with lights on it.
Author
Language
Español
Description
"A los veintidos años, sospechando que tenían el tiempo contado, Ichimei y Alma se atragantaron de amor para consumirlo entero, pero mientras más intentaban agotarlo, más imprudente era el deseo, y quien diga que todo fuego se apaga solo tarde o temprano, se equivoca: hay pasiones que son incendios hasta que las ahoga el destino de un zarpazo y aun así quedan brasas calientes listas para arder apenas se les da oxígeno."-- cubierta de libro.
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press & Editorial Buenas Letras
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explains the origins of Día de los Muertos, or All Souls' Day, when people celebrate the memory of family members who have died, especially in Mexico, and describes the decorations, foods, and activities of the holiday.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
"Describes and illustrates how a bulldozer is operated--in both English and Spanish"--Provided by publisher.
Este libro ilustrado para niños describe en inglés y español el trabajo de un hombre llamado Noé y de la niveladora que maneja.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Español
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
En Busca de Emma es la historia, contada a una niña, de cómo sus dos padres vencieron obstáculos para traerla al mundo con la ayuda de una madre gestacional y una donante de óvulos. Son las tribulaciones inimaginables de un hombre que quiere crear una familia contra todas las barreras. Es la historia de cómo construir con amor una familia del siglo XXI.
The author tells about what he and his partner of 25 years went through to become parents,...
32) El hobbit
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotauro
Pub. Date
©1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
Español
Description
Bilbo Baggins, an unassuming hobbit, is perturbed when he is suddenly chosen by the wizard Gandalf to undertake a dangerous quest: face the dragon Smaug and recapture a lost treasure.
Author
Series
Publisher
RBA
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
Español
Description
Fourteen-year-old Nikki Maxwell writes and sketches in her diary about her struggle to be popular at her exclusive new private school, and about giving up on being part of the elite group, before figuring out a way to simply be herself.
Author
Series
Ala delta volume 69
Publisher
Edelvives
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
Español
Description
Julián era un niño ejemplar para sus padres: limpio y ordenado, nunca se enfadaba y obedecía sin rechistar. Pero vivía acosado por los miedos, que le impedían cumplir su mayor deseo: montar en el tren fantasma del parque de atracciones. Hasta que un día no tuvo más remedio que enfrentarse a lo inevitable.
Julian is the perfect son, but has many different fears. Will taking a ride on the Ghost Train at the amusement park make him able to cope...
Author
Publisher
Rayo
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
Español
Description
An Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure buried in the Pyramids. Along the way he meets a Gypsy woman, a man who calls himself king, and an alchemist, all of whom point Santiago in the direction of his quest. No one knows what the treasure is, or if Santiago will be able to surmount the obstacles along the way. But what starts out as a journey to find worldly goods...
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