Capitán Sargasses

This truly is a strange book. For starters, it talks to the reader. What's more, there are no colors until someone gives it color. Who is going to do this? The reader of course. What better way to do this besides with your fingers and hands? Full of tracing and marks, this story is far from a coloring book.

The sun is up and Nino's family is getting ready to start a new day! Everyone works together to set the table and take a bath. Open the tabs and play with simple moving parts to join Nino in his morning routine.

When the clock strikes 12, the spell will be broken! The classic story of Cinderella has been retold with simple, rhythmic sentences for beginning readers. This bilingual edition features short sentences in both English and Spanish for language learners.

Renowned Latina author Julia Alvarez recreates the legend of the Dominican folk character La Vieja Belen in this delighful bilingual rhyming story, beautifully illustrated by Dominican artist Ruddy Nuñez. Alvarez's retelling keeps the magic of the traditional account while contributing a down-to-earth, timely moral: "Of all the gifts you can give, your time is the best."

In this cumulative Cuban folktale, a bossy rooster dirties his beak when he eats a kernel of corn and must find a way to clean it before his parrot uncle's wedding.