Loqueleo Catalog 2019

Gennifer Choldenko Al Capone me lava la ropa Al Capone Does My Shirts GR X Family Struggles / Building Character / Disabilities 9781631139550 5½" x 8" / 240 pp $16.95 / PB Literature Narrative / Novel / Historical Fiction It’s 1935 and twelve-year-old Moose Flanagan and his family have just moved to Alcatraz, the island that’s home to criminals like Roy Gardner, Machine Gun Kelly, and Al Capone. Kids living here—because their parents work in the prison— are all cowed by the danger- loving daughter of the warden, Piper Williams. 2005 NEWBERY HONOR BOOK AND OTHER IMPORTANT RECOGNITIONS Roald Dahl El dedo mágico The Magic Finger ILLUSTRATIONS Quentin Blake GR O Fantasy and Magic / Justice / Animal Welfare 9786070128424 4" x 8" / 72 pp $12.95 / PB Literature Narrative / Novel / Fantasy / Humor The Gregg family likes hunting too much. This annoys their eight-year-old neighbor. She has no choice but to transform anyone who annoys her into an animal! Roald Dahl La Jirafa, el Pelícano y el Mono The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me ILLUSTRATIONS Quentin Blake GR P Animal Stories / Teamwork / Nonsense 9786070133466 4" x 7" / 67 pp $11.95 / PB Literature Narrative / Novel / Fantasy / Humor What else could a giraffe with a very long neck, a pelican with a bucket-sized beak, a dancing monkey, and Billy, a boy with a dream, be but the Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company? When the group is invited to clean all 677 windows belonging to His Grace, the Duke of Hampshire, they have the most incredible adventures. MULTIPLE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR, 2002 HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATION MULTIPLE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR, 2002 HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATION Roald Dahl La maravillosa medicina de Jorge George’s Marvelous Medicine ILLUSTRATIONS Quentin Blake GR R Multigenerational Families / Nonsense 9781641012324 4" x 8" / 118 pp $12.95 / PB Literature Narrative / Novel / Fantasy / Humor Poor Jorge has the most rotten grandmother in the world. She continually complains and nags. Out of desperation, Jorge creates a fantastic bubbling brew—the perfect cure for a perfectly horrible old lady. But the effect of the brew on grandma astonishes even Jorge! MULTIPLE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR, 2002 HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATION 133 MIDDLE GRADE READERS AUTHENTIC TITLE AWARD-WINNER