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A good-natured shoemaker receives a surprising visit: an odd looking woman who appears to be homeless wants to have her shoes fixed. In exchange for his labor, the woman leaves him an unexpected gift. Simple yet moving, the story reflects on the value of generosity. The humorous cartoon-style illustrations give the characters expressive and emotional depth.

Un esforzado corazón que ha trabajado por años en la misma fábrica de pronto se encuentra cesante. Por otro lado, una imaginativa niña se pone “manos a la obra” cuando comprende lo urgente que es encontrarle un nuevo corazón a su mamá.

Ancient Night combines many short stories from the oral tradition, like the one of the bunny and the possum, as well as the invented rivalry between the two that serves to tell the story of what happens at night behind the maize: the adventures of a hard-working bunny and an audacious possum that come and go through the field, making the moon change its appearance and the night transform into day. This silent album is inspired in the complex and monumental Middle American thinking, which conceives the origin of things in a dual way; due to this, the also illustrator of The well of the mice...

This illustrated story presents a little boy and his prized nickel, and the mystery that occurs when the nickel goes missing. This book is compatible with any Reading or Language Arts program.