Francisco is a boy who sees school as a place where he can play and have fantastic adventures. But his teacher doesn't have the same ideas for what school is all about.

In "The Doc's Tales", you will find ten interesting stories that, with a little help from your imagination, will make you live incredible adventures in different parts of the world: from mountains, oceans, caves, forests, cities, small towns, even the characters' homes. You will fight dragons, know Indian tribes in the old west, live the thrill of contact with beings from other planets, the mystery of magic, the great pirate battles and their quest for the lost treasure, foolproof friendship and you will see the first human beings trying to survive among the huge mammoths. Besides having fun reading, you will learn some advice that you are sure to find useful for the rest of your life and you will practice reading a second language in a simple and fun way, comparing those words you don't know with the story in your own language to better understand their meaning. Well then: jump in! A whole new world of adventures await to be discovered in these pages.

Selección de aproximadamente cincuenta cuentos de autores nórdicos de nuestro siglo, traducidos por especialistas de cada uno de los cinco países. Una breve introducción presenta a cada cultura, representada por un cuento de cada uno de los autores más significativos del siglo XX.

From bestselling author of the remarkable memoir, The Distance Between Us comes an inspiring account of one woman’s quest to find her place in America as a first-generation Latina university student and aspiring writer determined to build a new life for her family one fearless word at a time. “Here is a life story so unbelievable, it could only be true” (Sandra Cisneros, bestselling author of The House on Mango Street). As an immigrant in an unfamiliar country, with an indifferent mother and abusive father, Reyna had few resources at her disposal. Taking refuge in words, Reyna’s love of reading and writing propels her to rise above until she achieves the impossible and is accepted to the University of California, Santa Cruz. Although her acceptance is a triumph, the actual experience of American college life is intimidating and unfamiliar for someone like Reyna, who is now estranged from her family and support system. Again, she finds solace in words, holding fast to her vision of becoming a writer, only to discover she knows nothing about what it takes to make a career out of a dream. Through it all, Reyna is determined to make the impossible possible, going from undocumented immigrant of little means to “a fierce, smart, shimmering light of a writer” (Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild); a National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist whose “power is growing with every book” (Luis Alberto Urrea, Pultizer Prize finalist); and a proud mother of two beautiful children who will never have to know the pain of poverty and neglect. Told in Reyna’s exquisite, heartfelt prose, A Dream Called Home demonstrates how, by daring to pursue her dreams, Reyna was able to build the one thing she had always longed for: a home that would endure.