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Roy Berocay
Babú
Babu
Illustrations by Daniel Soulier
Leadership, Character Education
3–5 GR: R
Babú, a monkey living in a zoo, decides he wants
to be as free as he was in Africa. He and his
friends escape from the zoo. They soon realize
they are on their own, with no one to take care
of them. Will they go back? They must decide
how much their freedom really means to them.
4”x 8” • 60pp. • Paperback
Spanish 9789702902348 $ 8.95
Ann Cameron
El lugar más bonito del mundo
The Most Beautiful Place in the World
Illustrations by Juan Ramón Alonso
Family, Feelings and Emotions
3–5 GR: M • AR: 4.2
Juan is a young boy who is abandoned by his
mother and goes to live with his grandmother.
The grandmother is very proud of Juan and
guides him through a journey that demonstrates
that the most beautiful place in the world is
where you are loved.
4”x 8” • 70pp. • Paperback
Spanish 9789681904029 $ 8.95
Elena Dreser
El secreto del sauce
The Secret of the Willow
Illustrations by Dalia Alvarado Diez
Nature, Problem Solving, City/Country Life
3–5 GR: J
Ramón is a country boy with a great sensitivity
for trees and animals. Readers will be delighted
and amused when they accompany Ramón to
solve the mystery of Gilberta, a free-roaming
hen that hides her eggs.
4” x 7” • 44pp. • Paperback
Spanish 9789707708020 $ 6.95
Sid Fleischman
La maravillosa granja de
McBroom
McBroom’s Wonderful One-Acre Farm
Illustrations by Quentin Blake
Humor, Nature, Farming
3–5 GR: R
Josh McBroom, his wife Melissa, and their
eleven little redheads—Will, Jill, Hester,
Chester, Peter, Polly, Tim, Tom, Mary, Larry, and
little Clarinda—all live together on a wonderful
farm. Exciting and strange happenings occur
there, from the unpleasant Mr. Heck Jones
getting what’s coming to him, to guarding the
crop from terrible locusts, to taking advantage
of a strong windstorm. But not even McBroom
himself knows what his wonderful farm will
bring in the future.
4” x 7” • 90pp. • Paperback
Spanish 9789681907860 $ 7.95
Ana María Fuster Lavin
Leyendas de misterio
Mystery Legends
Illustrations by María Jesús Álvarez
Myths and Legends, Mystery, Fantasy,
Multicultural
3–5 GR: M
Puerto Rican legends filled with mysterious
events . . . In one of them, the tolling of the
bells in an old sugar refinery is always an omen
of tragedy. In another, a town suffers endless
catastrophes because its inhabitants did not
heed the advice of a wizard.
4.8” x 8” • 40pp. • Paperback
Spanish 9781575818641 $ 7.95
Felipe Garrido
El coyote tonto
The Dumb Coyote
Illustrations by Francisco González
Problem Solving, Folk Tales
3–5 GR: S • AR: 4.5
The author presents the reader with an oral
narrative in the tradition of legends that have
been passed from generation to generation.
He brings us the adventures of a rabbit and a
coyote. When the coyote plays tricks on the
rabbit, the rabbit outsmarts the coyote and
makes his life difficult.
4”x 8” • 60pp. • Paperback
Spanish 9781616051129 $ 9.95