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Finalist at the 2011 International Latino Book Awards. Balzo, a very restless boy, goes shopping with his mom and accidentally breaks some figurines. There is no reason to be angry ... couldn’t it happen to anyone?Balzo goes shopping with his mother and they stop by a store where boys and girls can’t touch anything. To stop himself from getting bored, he pretends to be a silkworm. But while he’s playing, he accidentally knocks some figurines off a shelf, and worst of all, he bumps his head. Neither his mother nor the storekeeper seem to notice the lump; instead, they tell off Balzo as if he’d smashed the figurines (and caused the lump) on purpose…. On purpose? He was just playing around with his imaginary friends! Unfortunately, no one is interested in knowing his part of the story… And mom is so angry she sounds like an ogre! Once they get home, Balzo goes straight to bed when suddenly he hears this powerful sound: «CRASH!». Could it happen to anyone?

Winner at the 2012 Independent Publisher Book Awards and 2012 International Latino Book Awards. Clucky the Hen and her chicks decide to go camping in the Garden of Mirrors, a place full of fun and magic where they will discover the unbreakable bond of family.Clucky the Hen and her chicks decide to go camping in the Garden of Mirrors, a place full of fun and magic and whose guardian is a very strange creature indeed. Once they arrive, they soon will know that the mirrors in that garden have unique powers, and will reveal the most wonderful emotions to them. Mirror by mirror, the family will learn to stick together and to always give support to the one who feels lost.This is the second story featuring the adorable hen, who once again amazes us with her clumsiness and her kindheartedness—this time leading us into a world of fantasy.

Clucky the Hen is back on her new adventure! Howard the talent-spotting owl causes pandemonium when he arrives at Clucky the Hen’s farm… now everyone wants to show off their skills! But who will be the one to impress him?Everything is quiet on the farm, and Clucky and her farmyard friends go through their usual daily routine on what seems to be a normal day. But it isn’t! Rumor has it, Howard, the owl is on his way to meet them! Howard is a world-famous talent scout, known for seeking near and far, discovering new talents, and making them big stars. Many singers and magicians, dancers, acrobats, mimes, and a roller-skating musician shot to stardom thanks to him! The animals are all aflutter and eager to demonstrate their gifts and abilities. Who will be the new talent to dazzle Mr. Howard? Soon, the farm is upside down with people singing, magic tricks, theater shows… Meanwhile, our friendly Clucky the Hen stays away from all the fuss and doesn’t seem to care, and she focuses on her chicks. But she will not go unnoticed by Howard the owl…In her fourth adventure, Clucky returns determined, more than ever, to conquer hearts and to prove that the stars are not only in the sky.

Finalist at the 2011 International Latino Book Awards. Balzo, a very restless boy, goes shopping with his mom and accidentally breaks some figurines. There is no reason to be angry ... couldn’t it happen to anyone?Balzo goes shopping with his mother and they stop by a store where boys and girls can’t touch anything. To stop himself from getting bored, he pretends to be a silkworm. But while he’s playing, he accidentally knocks some figurines off a shelf, and worst of all, he bumps his head. Neither his mother nor the storekeeper seem to notice the lump; instead, they tell off Balzo as if he’d smashed the figurines (and caused the lump) on purpose…. On purpose? He was just playing around with his imaginary friends! Unfortunately, no one is interested in knowing his part of the story… And mom is so angry she sounds like an ogre! Once they get home, Balzo goes straight to bed when suddenly he hears this powerful sound: «CRASH!». Could it happen to anyone?Finalista en los International Latino Book Awards 2012. Balzo, un niño muy juguetón, acompaña a su mamá a una tienda y rompe unas figuritas sin querer. No hay por qué enfadarse… ¿acaso no puede pasarle a cualquiera?Balzo acompaña a su mamá a comprar y pasan por una tienda donde los niños y niñas no pueden tocar nada. Para no aburrirse, Balzo juega a ser un gusano de seda. Pero sin querer tira algunas figuritas de un estante y, encima, se golpea la cabeza y le sale un chichón. Ni su madre ni la dependienta parecen notar el bulto que le empieza a crecer, ¡todo lo contrario! Las dos regañan a Balzo porque no sabe estarse quieto… ¡como si hubiera roto las figurillas a propósito…! «¿Acaso me haría un chichón ¿a propósito?», pensó. ¡Estaba jugando con sus amigos imaginarios! Desafortunadamente, nadie parece interesado en conocer su parte de la historia… ¡Y mamá está tan enfadada que parece un ogro!Cuando llegan a casa, Balzo se va directo a la cama, cuando de repente escucha un fuerte sonido: «¡CRASH!». ¿Acaso no puede pasarle a cualquiera?

Winner at the 2012 Living Now Book Awards. Imagination flies free in this fun, entertaining, and sleepy time picture book for young, creative kids seeing the world in ways most of us cannot even imagine.Zaira is a little girl who can’t stop imagining. She sees the world with such vivid colors, dreamlike shapes, that everyone fins it difficult to believe her. Her imagination soon leads her to meet some very special friends —in a fountain, right in the middle of the town square, she sees a group of dolphins playing in the water.Everyday she goes by the fountain to say hi, but one day the dolphins weren’t there. To her distress, the fountain was empty. “You are so dreamy, Zaira. Dolphins doesn’t exist”, said some children who were playing by the fountain. At that very instant, a magic fairy appeared and rescued Zaira, bringing her the hopes and dreams she’d lost.Ganador de los Living Now Book Awards en 2012. La imaginación vuela libremente en este libro ilustrado divertido, entretenido y soñador para esos niños pequeños y creativos que ven el mundo de formas que la mayoría de nosotros ni siquiera podríamos imaginar.Zaira es una niña que no puede dejar de imaginar. Ve el mundo con colores tan vivos, con formas de ensueño, que a todo el mundo le cuesta creerla. Su imaginación pronto la lleva a conocer a unos amigos muy especiales: en una fuente, en medio de la plaza del pueblo, ve un grupo de delfines jugando en el agua.Todos los días pasa junto a la fuente a saludarlos, pero un día los delfines no están allí. Zaira, disgustada, se encontró que la fuente estaba vacía. «Eres tan soñadora, Zaira. Los delfines no existen», dijeron unos niños que jugaban junto a la fuente. En ese mismo instante, un hada mágica apareció y rescató a Zaira, llevándole las esperanzas y los sueños que había perdido.

Finalist at the 2011 and 2014 International Latino Book Awards. Clucky the Hen has a big heart, but she’s a bit clumsy and forgetful… A delightful tale told in rhyme, ideal for learning to accept the faults of those around us and to ignore gossip.Clucky the Hen had a big heart, but she was clumsy and forgetful too. She always had a thousand things in mind, so imagine when she gave birth to three chicks!Sometimes, her children ended up finding themselves in complicated situations due to the occasional distractions from their mother. In the farmyard, the other hens gossiped and insinuated Clucky wasn’t a good mother to her children, and the rumor started to spread… Suddenly the rumor had already arrived to the city and soon to the most remote part of the world. Everyone said that Clucky did not treat her children well.Although not everything was going as Clucky would have liked, she did not stop striving for the welfare of her three beloved children. But being a good mother was not an easy task: more than once did Clucky mess up, but she never gave up and, right after apologizing to her three little ones, she hugged them and showed them that she loved them very much.And the rumors didn’t matter because the three chicks were clear that their mother was unique and that they would not change her for anything in the world.

Winner at the 2012 Living Now Book Awards. Imagination flies free in this fun, entertaining, and sleepy time picture book for young, creative kids seeing the world in ways most of us cannot even imagine.Zaira is a little girl who can’t stop imagining. She sees the world with such vivid colors,  dreamlike shapes, that everyone fins it difficult to believe her. Her imagination soon leads her to meet some very special friends —in a fountain, right in the middle of the town square, she sees a group of dolphins playing in the water.Everyday she goes by the fountain to say hi, but one day the dolphins weren’t there. To her distress, the fountain was empty. “You are so dreamy, Zaira. Dolphins doesn’t exist”, said some children who were playing by the fountain. At that very instant, a magic fairy appeared and rescued Zaira, bringing her the hopes and dreams she’d lost.

A woman drives a tractor through town and, thanks to the tractor's noisy engine, can't hear all the things people say about her as she drives by. They comment on her clothes and her hair, but mostly they seem confused as to why a woman is driving a tractor in the first place. A fun, original tale about turning a deaf ear to negativity and prejudice, this story will inspire children to embrace who they are and to believe they can grow up to be anything they want to be. Una mujer conduce un tractor por el pueblo y, gracias a lo ruidoso que es el motor del tractor, no logra escuchar lo que dice la gente sobre ella. Hacen comentarios sobre su ropa y su pelo, pero mas que nada parecen estar confundidos por el hecho de que una mujer este conduciendo un tractor. Un divertido y original cuento sobre hacer oidos sordos hacia la negatividad y los prejuicios, esta historia inspirara a los ninos a aceptarse como son y a creer que pueden ser lo que deseen cuando crezcan. Lexile Level 760L