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1) Corduroy
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The classic original Corduroy story, issued in a larger board book format. A toy bear in a department store wants a number of things, but when a little girl finally buys him he finds what he has always wanted most of all.
3) Yo!
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Es sobre el conflicto del arte y la realidad, el intelecto y las emociones y el acultra miento en los estados unidos y sus propias raices dominicas. La familia de mi protagonizian sus versiones de vida nerdad de yo. (Yolan de Garcia finds success with her first novel in which she made characters out of her family members and friends, but her "fictionally victimized" relatives exact revenge by telling all they know about the author, Yo).
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Entre semana me levanto a las cuatro de la mañana. Me cepillo los dientes, me visto y arrastro a mi hermana Melanie hasta el carro donde nos espera mami. ¡Se nos va a hacer tarde! ¡Apúrense!
Yenebi, su hermana Melanie y su madre conducen a la escuela todas las mañanas a través de la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México.
Yenebi, her sister Melanie, and mom drive to school every morning across the US-Mexico border.
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Elephant is enjoying a peaceful walk with his green umbrella, when suddenly a Hedgehog says: I believe you have my boat. Elephant listens patiently as Hedgehog insists: I crossed deep oceans . . . tasted the salty spray of whales [in that umbrella-boat]. Cat, Bear, and Rabbit soon interrupt Elephant--each claiming that his umbrella is really their tent, flying machine, and cane. Elephant is flabbergasted--after all, it's an umbrella, and it certainly...
15) Bizcocho
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A little yellow dog wants ever one more thing before he will settle down for the night.
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Seattle journalist Alienor Crespo travels to Spain to claim the promise of citizenship offered to the descendants of Jews expelled from Spain in 1492. As she relives history through her vijitas (visits) with her ancestors, Alienor also confronts modern-day extremism and commits herself to protecting an endangered "Library of Light"--A hidden treasure trove of medieval Hebrew and Arabic books, saved from the fires of the Inquisition.
En este thriller...