"Grandes hombres alguna vez fueron ninos, y tal vez, incluso quisieron tener todo lo que ahora tenemos al alcance de la mano. Algunos nacieron en la pobreza; otros fueron huerfanos y atendidos por familiares o instituciones. La escasez extrema o la agitacion social a menudo formaban parte de su vida cotidiana. Sin embargo, estos grandes se permitieron imaginar un futuro mejor y seguir sus suenos. Trabajaron sin cesar para hacer realidad sus visiones....

Match the words and pictures to make language learning easy. Includes Spanish and English words for each picture.

Emily Elizabeth describes the activities she enjoys with her very big, very red dog and how they take care of each other.

"Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different, but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull, she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It will take superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves, and Matilda may be just the one to do it!

For Henry and his big dog Mudge, spring means admiring the first snow glory, playing in puddles in the rain, and watching the five new kittens next door.

Illustrates the principle that things are not always what they might appear to be.

Sister Bear is distressed that things don't go quite right at her birthday party.

A bilingual poem which describes some of the sounds of nature in a desert.

En una gran habitación verde, arropado en su cama, está un conejito. Buenas noches, habitación. Buenas noches, Luna, dice el conejito. Y así sucesivamente, le da las buenas noches a todas las cosas que reconoce en su cuarto: al cuadro de los tres ositos sentaditos en sus sillas, a los relojes y a los calcetines, a los gatitos juguetones y a los lindos mitones.