Si vuelve el invierno

Adnan Zakaria's family recently fled Syria and resettled in America. Adnan feels like a stranger in a strange land. He's lonely and homesick. The one thing that gives him comfort is his best friend's skateboard that he brought with him from Syria. As Adnan navigates his new community, he bonds with new friends at a local skatepark. But he also faces adversity in the form of local troublemaker Mike Proctor. After Adnan loses his precious skateboard one evening, he learns that Mike Proctor has it and won't give it up without a challenge. Will Adnan be able to out-skate his foe and reclaim his...

Un elefante bombero, un oso perezoso, un hipopótamo que masca chicle y una pata enamorada de un pato malo se reúnen en este libro, que con sus divertidas aventuras y alegres ilustraciones le mostrarán a los niños algunos de los valores más importantes de la vida.

In Xavier Garza’s bilingual kids’ book, young Carlitos attends his first lucha libre match in Mexico City. At ringside, Carlitos sees the famous luchador—the Man in the Silver Mask, a man whose eyes look terribly familiar. The masked wrestler even smiles at Carlitos! He is mesmerized as the Man in the Silver Mask is pitted against the terrible forces of evil—los rudos, the bad guys of lucha libre. They make the audience boo and hiss! In the end, though, the Man in the Silver Mask triumphs and, in the process, gains a lifelong fan.

Para Belly, todos los acontecimientos importantes y m�gicos suceden en verano. Durante el invierno espera con impaciencia a que llegue el momento de volver a la casa de la playa con su madre, la mejor amiga de esta, Susannah, y sus hijos, Jeremiah y Conrad. Desde el primer verano que pasaron juntos, los chicos han sido muy importantes para ella, pero apenas se dan cuenta de lo mucho que la peque�a Belly se fija en ellos. Todos los veranos, ella desea que eso cambie y, por fin, este ser� el verano en que se volver� guapa, el verano en que se enamorar�. Aunque tambi�n ser� el...