Jairo Buitrago
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Funny, fresh and very modern, this update on the fable of the lion and the mouse is a marvelous tale of a relationship between two unlikely friends. One day, the mouse marches into the lion's den without an invitation. Before the lion can eat him for breakfast, the mouse begs for mercy. "If you let me go, I might be able to return the favor." The lion laughs at the idea of such a small, insignificant creature helping him out ̥until the next day...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
""Our school has almost nothing. A blackboard, some chairs, a teacher." The teacher is there at the door waiting for them every day. And this day they are taking whatever art supplies they can come up with and going outdoors to draw. And out there, amongst the trees, the mountains, the huge boulders, the river are dinosaurs of every kind. And a squirrel. From children's book stars Jairo Buitrago and Rafael Yockteng comes this wonderful story of a...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
This almost wordless picture book set in the dawn of human life imagines how art and storytelling were born from the power of one young girl's observation. In this book of few words, we follow a young girl who notices everything that happens around her as her people search for a cave to shelter for the winter. And we can believe that she feels the absolute necessity to draw what she has seen and to tell stories.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A story about the heart-opening effect that taking care of a wounded creature has on a wounded boy, from acclaimed picture-book creators Jairo Buitrago and Rafael Yockteng. Adrìn is always in trouble, at school and at home, while Santiago gets along quite well. But they are friends. When Adrìn finds a wounded bird in an abandoned lot in the midst of the city, things begin to change. Taking care of the bird, learning all about it, discovering that...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Our hero travels all alone on a spaceship, through the universe, past galaxies, comets and planets to go visit his grandmother on Earth for the summer holidays. She takes him to visit an ancient cave, where he discovers handprints and drawings of unknown animals made by human beings just like him. To top off his wonderful holiday she gives him mysterious objects that once belonged to his grandfather -- paper and crayons."--
Author
Language
English
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Description
A young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the U.S. border. They travel mostly on the roof of a train known as The Beast, but the little girl doesn't know where they are going. She counts the animals by the road, the clouds in the sky, the stars. Sometimes she sees soldiers. She sleeps, dreaming that she is always on the move, although sometimes they are forced to stop and her father has to earn...
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Taken to live with her grandmother in the country, a young city girl finds a way to cope with the change brought about by her parents' separation when an owl, a frog, and a mouse take her on a nighttime tour of her extraordinary new world.
9) Walk with me
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A little girl imagines a lion taking the place of her father who no longer lives with her family, an animal that keeps her safe on her travels from school to home.
Author
Publisher
El Naranjo
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
Todos los días intento disfrazarme de diferentes cosas. Con un poco de imaginación puedo transformarme. Soy una araña, una Tortuga e incluso un topo, si miras bien de cerca te darás cuenta de que no todo es lo que parece. ¡Te invito a buscarme!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A quirky and uplifting guide to making new friends for kids 4 to 7 from a beloved, internationally renowned author. What's the best way to make friends? Toad has the most magnificent ideas! Sometimes they don't go according to plan... but that's okay. Eventually Toad tires of making new friends, but comes to a marvelous conclusion: sometimes being with yourself is a good way to pass the time too. A hilarious and heartfelt read for kids who are starting...
Author
Publisher
Leetra Final
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Para hacer amigos debes sentarte bajo un árbol inmenso, o ayudarle a una abeja a salir del agua con una hojita. Puedes dejar por el parque muñecos de papel, regalar una manzana o ser amigo de un cactus silencioso. Pero si al final del día te cansas de hacer amigos, también puedes olvidar todo lo que dice este libro. Un libro divertido y tierno, con el humor característico del premiado autor Jairo Buitrago que, junto con las geniales ilustraciones...
Author
Series
Terrible Two volume 1
Publisher
Destino
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Español
Description
When master prankster Miles Murphy moves to sleepy Yawnee Valley, he challenges the local mystery prankster in an epic battle of tricks, but soon the two join forces to pull off the biggest prank ever seen.
Miles Murphy vivía cerca del mar y gozaba del título de mejor bromista de toda la ciudad. Por eso no salta de alegría ahora que debe mudarse a vivir a Valle Bostezo, una pequeña ciudad famosa solo por una cosa: las vacas. Pero, aunque lo parezca,...