Books for Children and Young Adults in Spanish 2021

Elsa Bornemann Mil grullas One Thousand Cranes ILLUSTRATIONS María Jesús Álvarez GR Q WWII / Asia / Traditions and Customs 9781641011747 6½" x 7¾" / 49 pp $13.95 / PB Literature Narrative / Stories / Historical Fiction Naomi and Toshiro are two children in Hiroshima in 1945. United by friendship and affection, the summer surprises them with an exploding sun. It is the atomic bomb. In an incomparable act of love, Toshiro makes a thousand paper cranes to save his friend. MULTIPLE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR Jen Bryant La palabra exacta. Roget y su Tesauro The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus ILLUSTRATIONS Melissa Sweet GR P Books and Reading / How Things Work/Are Made / Curiosities and Wonders 9786070129889 8" x 11" / 48 pp $16.95 / PB Informational Text Literary Nonfiction / Biography / Language Arts An inviting, visually engrossing portrayal of Peter Mark Roget and the creation of the thesaurus. For shy young Peter, books were the best companions—and soon he began writing his own book. But he didn't write stories; he wrote lists. Peter took his love for words and used it to organize his ideas and find exactly the right word to express just what he thought. 2015 CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK 2015 SIBERT MEDAL WINNER 2015 ORBIS PICTUS HONOR BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS Quentin Blake GR Q Humor / Fables and Fairy Tales / Words and Word Games 9786070128578 51" x 8" / 72 pp $10.95 / PB Literature Poetry / Narrative Poems / Humor Did you think Cinderella married the prince and lived happily ever after, or that the three little pigs outsmarted the wolf? Think again! Master storyteller Roald Dahl adds his own darkly comic twists to six favorite tales, complete with rambunctious rhymes and hilarious surprise endings. Included in the ELA Common Core Text Exemplar list. Roald Dahl Cuentos en verso para niños perversos Revolting Rhymes AWARD-WINNIG AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR 120 WWW. LOQUELEO.COM/US 3-8 Short Stories SHORT STORIES