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Funny, fresh and very modern, this update on the fable of the lion and the mouse is a marvelous tale of a relationship between two unlikely friends.One day, the mouse marches into the lion¿s den without an invitation. Before the lion can eat him for breakfast, the mouse begs for mercy. ¿If you let me go, I might be able to return the favor.¿ The lion laughs at the idea of such a small, insignificant creature helping him out ¿ until the next da...

A simple, imaginative story depicting the complex emotional reality of a girl whose father no longer lives at home. The girl conjures up an imaginary companion ¿ a lion ¿ who will join her on the long walk home from school. He will help her to pick up her baby brother from daycare and shop at the store (which has cut off the family¿s credit), and he¿ll keep her company all along the way until she is safely home. He will always come back when s...

Ana looks out the pet store window with the store¿s last remaining animals for sale¿a dog, a hedgehog and a mouse. What are they waiting for?  Ana remembers finding the dog and bringing him to the store as a puppy. She¿s watched as all the other dogs¿the most charming, the most elegant, the strongest¿have all gone off. Ana, too, has never left, except at nights when she closes the store and goes home to the modest apartment she shares with her...

Let's all draw dinosaurs … outdoors!In this remarkable picture book, a group of students spend an unforgettable day drawing dinosaurs outside with their extraordinary teacher.Maybe your school has a playground, gym, computers, and a library. But at this school in a faraway mountain range, things are a little different. There's a blackboard, some chairs … and not much else. But with the help of an extraordinary teacher and a little imagination,...

A story about the heart-opening effect that taking care of a wounded creature has on a wounded boy, from acclaimed picture-book creators Jairo Buitrago and Rafael Yockteng.Adrián is always in trouble, at school and at home, while Santiago gets along quite well. But they are friends. When Adrián finds a wounded bird in an abandoned lot in the midst of the city, things begin to change. Taking care of the bird, learning all about it, discovering ...

Our hero travels all alone on a spaceship, through the universe, past galaxies, comets and planets to go visit his grandmother on Earth for the summer holidays. She takes him to visit an ancient cave, where he discovers handprints and drawings of unknown animals made by human beings, just like him. To top off his wonderful holiday she gives him mysterious objects which once belonged to his grandfather - paper and crayons. On the way home he dr...

Funny, fresh and very modern, this fresh take on Aesop's fable of the lion and the mouse is a marvelous tale of a relationship between two unlikely friends and how it's possible to get along through negotiation, acceptance, and learning to put up with a friend's eccentricities. Full color.

From one of the great creative teams in picture books comes a loving, empowering story about a girl who finds a way to cope with the change caused by her parents' separation. Full color.

Jimmy lives in a small Caribbean town where there's not a whole lot to do. Fortunately though, there is a boxing gym, and one day the owner, Don Apolinar, suggests that Jimmy start training. He also gives Jimmy a cardboard box full of books and newspaper clippings all about Muhammad Ali. Jimmy reads and re-reads as he never has before. He is swept with admiration for Ali who said, "I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was." He s...

A deceptively simple, imaginative story depicting the complex emotional reality of a girl whose father no longer lives at home.The girl conjures up an imaginary companion, a lion, who will come with her on the long walk home from school. He will help her to pick up her baby brother from daycare and shop at the store (which has cut off the family's credit), and he'll keep her company all along the way until she is safe at home. He will always c...

In this moving and timely story, a young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the U.S. border.They travel mostly on the roof of a train known as The Beast, but the little girl doesn't know where they are going. She counts the animals by the road, the clouds in the sky, the stars. Sometimes she sees soldiers. She sleeps, dreaming that she is always on the move, although sometimes they are for...