Samantha y su planta de frijol (Samantha and the Beanstalk)

El monstruo se encuentra en la tradición literaria y en el folclore de todas las culturas y de todas las épocas. Casi todos los seres monstruosos de las narraciones de todos los tiempos reflejan una parecida visión del mundo, recreada asimismo en el cine: todos parecen atados a la proyección que tenemos del otro, del diferente, del deforme, del extraño, de la fealdad entre la belleza, de la maldad frente a la inocencia Seres que nos mueven a la curiosidad, a la burla, al miedo o al desprecio, los monstruos simbolizan las contradicciones y los miedos propios de la condición humana.

"""Te amo como a una piedra saltarina... Te amo como al hueso de un perrito"" Celebrating the love between a parent and a child, this Spanish language picture book features a host of animals and the things they love about each other. Perfect for babies, toddlers, preschoolers and as a reminder to the big kids in your life. "

'Come, Jameela. Stand right here. I need to do something.' I grab hold of his sleeve. 'Where are you going?' His face is twisted. He doesn't look at me. 'Never mind.' Jameela lives with her family in a war-torn village in Afghanistan. Life is hard, but when her mother dies, and her father remarries, Jameela has to face a greater horror. To survive she draws on the strong sense of self that her mother gave her. Based on a real girl called Sameela, and a real orphanage, this unforgettable novel tells the story of a devout Muslim girl and what life is really like in post-Taliban Afghanistan....

A little boy named Tomás learns a valuable lesson when his friends didn't like the way he showed off his new car. He planted pumpkin seeds, watered and cared for them, then carved each pumpkin and made them into a train for all his friends to enjoy.