Materials from the Americas
The dog wants to be a tiger. He sees a little boy, a couple, and another dog who think of him as just a “dog”. He tries to become a tiger and evens rolls around in mud and licks stripes off of his fur so he looks like a tiger. When the little boy is in trouble in the water, the dog doesn’t hesitate to help him, even though his stripes will be ruined. After saving the boy, the couple and little boy now call him Tiger, and the dog calls him sir.
A bilingual collection of children’s songs, rhymes, and games celebrates playtime while investigating the culture of Spanish-speaking countries, in a colorful anthology that also includes musical arrangements.
With tender illustrations and prose as warm as a parent’s embrace, this love poem from a baby bear to his mother celebrates the simple activities—such as reading, playing, and eating together—that are so important to a growing child’s development. Now available in a Spanish-English edition, Only You also includes a note from esteemed pediatrician and author Perri Klass.
Zora’s father thinks she should wear dresses instead of overalls and leave tree climbing and dreaming of big cities to boys. But her mother teaches Zora that dreams, like new tree branches, are always within reach. “Emphasizes the awareness of family, nature, and community that is reflected in [Hurston’s] writing.” — The New York Times Book Review
This beautiful Mexican legend tells the story of a young Indian hero who saves mankind by rekindling the Sun after it has been extinguished by the spirits of evil.
The Spanish-language edition of Wilma Unlimited.Before Wilma was five years old, polio had paralyzed her left leg. Everyone said she would never walk again. But Wilma refused to believe it. Not only would she walk again, she vowed, she’d run. And she did run–all the way to the Olympics, where she became the first American woman to earn three gold medals in a single olympiad.
A collection of more than two dozen nursery rhymes in Spanish, from Spain and Latin America, with English translations.
¡Qué noche! Hay luna llena. Gatita tiene hambre, está muy curiosa, y valiente, y obstinada. Tiene mala suerte . . . ¡y después buena suerte! ¡Qué noche!
Great-aunt Runfio was once a little girl who loved the sea, longed to visit faraway places, and wished to do something to make the world more beautiful.
Serious silliness for all ages. Artist Sandra Boynton is back and better than ever with completely redrawn versions of her multi-million selling board books. These whimsical and hilarious books, featuring nontraditional texts and her famous animal characters, have been printed on thick board pages, and are sure to educate and entertain children of all ages.