El don de Leopoldo / Die Gabe von Leopoldo

Lalo tiene por mascotas a esos bichos de seis patas, dos antenas y un par de alas, que nadie tolera. Iulisca es la única niña maga de la ciudad, que ella sepa. Juntos, Lalo y ella ofrecen todos los domingos una función de magia al vecindario. Un buen día sucede algo fantástico que cambiará sus vidas y las de sus papás durante un buen tiempo... ¿para siempre quizá?

Part of growing up is gaining more responsibilities. We learn to take care of ourselves and to do things on our own. But everybody needs help sometimes, and that's okay. This gentle story helps young readers recognize when they need help in their own lives, and encourages them to ask for the help that they need. Readers will learn that it's good to receive help from others, and that they don't need to do everything alone. Gorgeous illustrations bring this important lesson into sharp focus.

Calpurnia Virginia Tate is eleven years old in 1899 when she wonders why the yellow grasshoppers in her Texas backyard are so much bigger than the green ones. With a little help from her notoriously cantankerous grandfather, an avid naturalist, she figures out that the green grasshoppers are easier to see against the yellow grass, so they are eaten before they can get any larger. As Callie explores the natural world around her, she develops a close relationship with her grandfather, navigates the dangers of living with six brothers, and comes up against just what it means to be a girl at the...

Cuando Petronella Morton pone este anuncio en el periódico, su teléfono enseguida empezará a sonar, y a sonar, y a sonar...: «SE OFRECE CUIDADORA DE MONSTRUOS PARA DESPUÉS DEL COLEGIO Y FINES DE SEMANA. LLAMAR A NELLY». En esta aventura, Nelly hará de niñera del pequeñín de los monstruosos Grerk... ¡y de paso descubrirá lo que es un «querro»!