Books for Children and Young Adults in Spanish 2021

Luz María Chapela La casa del caracol ILLUSTRATIONS Rodrigo Vargas GR N/A Animals / Nature / Imagination and Play 9781641011358 6" x 7½" / 32 pp $10.99 / PB Literature Poetry / Choral Poetry Six short stories written in verse, in simple language, about topics that are highly appealing to young children, such as animals and their environment. This book can be read aloud by two people in a classroom or in the comfort of home. Few books on the market today offer what this one does: performing a shared reading, as though reading a musical score. Essential for home or the classroom. Rosalía Chavelas El señor Cosquillas ILLUSTRATIONS Gabriel Pacheco GR N Family / Humor / Bedtime and Dreams 9786070133473 6" x 7½" / 32 pp $11.99 / PB Literature Poetry / Narrative Poems “Every night, when I’m all tucked in and ready to sleep, Mr. Tickles comes to visit me.” This is a story about children’s excitement about hugs and snuggles with Mommy and Daddy before going to sleep; about that daily wait to receive affection at the end of a long day. This is a perfect book for parents and children to start a new bedtime ritual. ILLUSTRATIONS Luis de Horna GR M Feelings and Emotions / Identity / Words and Word Games 9781641011679 6¼" x 7½" / 48 pp $11.95 / PB Literature Poetry / Rhyming Stories Plácido is a trouble-making, damage-causing dragon. Bárbara is a sweet, beautiful, and delicate butterfly. One day Plácido and Bárbara learn the meanings of their names, and their lives begin to change. Michael Ende El dragón y la mariposa AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR Juan Gedovious Cuáles animales ILLUSTRATIONS By the Author GR N Animal Facts / Humor 9786070130908 9" x 9½" / 32 pp $17.95 / PB Literature Poetry / Humor “Brawny sweet / comes all disheveled . . . Calm stone in no hurry / his shirt is very hard . . . ” In this book, animals are reinvented by illustrator Juan Gedovious, who invites readers to observe the world with a different view and to find the new in the known; the surprise in the familiar. The reader will be delighted, discovering in the images the answers to the ingenious riddles written in verse. Which Animals Snail’s House Mr. Tickles The Dragon and the Butterfly AUTHENTIC TITLE AWARD-WINNER 269 POETRY, RIDDLES, RHYMES, AND SONGS