Loqueleo Catalog 2019

Gabriela Leveroni Salvemos a nuestros monstruos Let's Save Our Monsters ILLUSTRATIONS Juan Gedovius GR K Fears / Advocacy / Making a Difference / Fantasy and Magic 9786070128394 5¼" x 8" / 28 pp $10.99 / PB Literature Narrative / Stories / Fantasy One night, Claudia discovers a horrible purple monster under her bed. Her reaction? She screams hysterically and runs to tell her mother. Mama calms Claudia down, telling her that her dad will throw the monster out of the house. But Claudia starts to worry: if her dad throws him out, where will the monster live? What will become of him? An ingenious and sensitive story in which goodness overcomes fear of differences. Ana María Machado ¡Qué confusión! What a Mess! ILLUSTRATIONS Françesc Rovira GR M Family / Toys and Games 9786070130762 6" x 7½" / 32 pp $11.99 / PB Literature Narrative / Stories / Realistic Fiction Isabel and Enrique are spending the day at Grandma’s. They play with clay and markers, and then they go out to the garden to plant seeds and water the plants. They are now all covered with mud! Grandma decides to hose them. Now the three of them and the dog are soaking wet! This very entertaining story written in verse will motivate kids to talk about their favorite pastimes and to reflect upon their relationship with their grandparents. 2000 HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN AWARD FOR WRITING Yanette Lantigua Mariana y el albiqueño Mariana and Her Pet ILLUSTRATIONS Tito Martínez GR K Words and Word Games / Animal Stories / Ocean Life 9789942193339 8¼" x 10" / 24 pp $13.95 / PB Literature Story / Realistic Fiction Mariana loves animals. One day, a friend tells her that she wants to give her a strange pet. Mariana looks for a home for it, but no one can help her because they don’t know what kind of animal it is. What animal doesn’t have hair or feathers or scales? What is it and where does it live? Come find out with Mariana! 102 SHORT STORIES Short Stories K-3