Ana Maria Machado

Sonia, Miguel, Mateo, and their classmates are startled to receive messages on their computers that claim to be from Queen Nefertiti, Marco Polo, and other figures from the past who note proudly that they can read and write.

Vera, a girl with curly hair and nice smile, likes to play. But nobody has time to play with her, until she meets Pepe who goes with her to school.

Un perro y una rana discuten sobre quién es el más valiente, hasta que aparece el león, ¿qué pasará?

38 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color map ; 28 cmNC810L Lexile

A boy discovers the different worlds in his imagination. And a friend that he can share adventures with.

One rainy day, three friends play indoors using their imaginations.

A king, amazed to hear that his beautiful country has a terrible problem, sends out many knights to do battle with a nonexistent enemy.

Isabel and Enrique go to their grandmother's house after school, where have great fun together and get thoroughly dirty, but their grandmother takes it all in stride.

A fast moving middle grade novel set in the 17th century about two Portuguese orphans who are sent to Brazil, where they encounter slaves from Africa. The novel opens when Bento is wrongly thrown into Lisbon's prison, leaving his younger sibling, Manu, to fend for himself. Fortunately, a nobleman's family reunites the siblings--although they will have be exiled to Brazil. They keep secret the fact that Manu is a girl in disguise so that she can accompany her brother aboard ship. The story shifts to the African savannah, where a young boy, Odjigi, is hunting gazelle with his father and other men. But the hunters are kidnapped by slave traders, as are the women and children of the village. In Brazil the siblings adapt to their new lives, but they are shocked by the treatment of African slaves. Manu befriends an aboriginal boy, Caiubi, and a slave, Didi, who has been separated from his father. Meanwhile Bento falls in love with Rosa, a beautiful young slave who is also searching for her family. When Manu learns about quilombos--villages hidden deep in the forest where slaves live in freedom--she is determined to help Didi and Rosa escape.

"Extensively revised and updated, the Eighth Edition now features a special eight-page portfolio, "Latin America Through Art" that offers samples from Latin America's rich artistic tradition, revealing both change and continuity in Latin American culture from the arrival of Spaniards in the New World to the present day. Book jacket."--Jacket.

Parece que Pedro, el protagonista de esta historia, nunca pone atención. Sus papás le piden que haga algo y él hace justo lo contrario; le piden una cosa y él lleva otra. Cuando su maestra le hace una pregunta, él no puede responder pues está pensando en otra cosa. Todos podrían creer que Pedro siempre está distraido, pero no es así: él pone mucha atención en las cosas que aparentemente no son tan importantes.

A child decides to invite a few friends for a birthday party, encouraging guests to bring food and friends, but the guest list soon gets out of control and becomes the craziest, wildest party ever. A little boy imagines a crazy birthday party with friends, pets, parents, rappers, salsa dancers, a reggae band, and a delicious feast.

Paula and Beto live in the city but yearn to live in the country. When their parents buy a house on the beach they are very happy until they realize they must still share their living space with their neighbors. "Paula y Beto viven en un departamento con sus papás, pero ansían pasar tiempo fuera de la ciudad. En ocasiones, sus padres los llevan de paseo a una playa casi desierta, donde son muy felices. Un día, su papá les cuenta que ha decidido comprar un terreno cerca de la playa y construir una casa ahí. Su sueño parece concretarse por fin, pero no saben que en ese mágico lugar no serán los únicos habitantes."--Page 4 of cover.

Enchanted by Nina Bonita's black skin, a white rabbit determines to find a way to have children as beautiful and black as she is.

Uma linda menina negra desperta a admiração de um coelho branco, que deseja ter uma filha tão pretinha quanto ela. Cada vez que ele lhe pergunta qual o segredo de sua cor, ela inventa uma história. O coelho segue todos os “conselhos” da menina, mas continua branco.