children's stories, spanish

When his grandmother begins using a wheelchair and spends her days watching the birds through the window, Nicolas thinks he has found the perfect Christmas present for her--a bird of her own--until she tells him why she likes to watch them.

A young boy, who is staying with his grandmother while his parents are away, and an old man, who is retired and alone, meet one day and become good friends.

A rhinoceros who is tired of being ugly dons a beautiful human disguise that only prompts laughter from the other animals and leads him to accept his true appearance.

Collects thirteen humorous, illustrated stories about the adventures of princesses, knights, dragons, polecats, and other characters.

Presents more than fifty myths and legends, fables, riddles, fairy tales, stories, historical and biographical narratives, and examples of recent Spanish-American literature, all in both English and Spanish, that present a widely varied slice of Latino culture and can be read aloud to children in about ten minutes each.