Nicolas, Donde Estas? Nicholas loves to watch television—he loves the characters on the screen and he loves to create fantasies about them. But because he watches those characters so much, he soon discovers that his fantasies and television friendships are overwhelming the actual events and relationships in his life. In this intimate story,…
The Cubans Asked to conjure an image of Cuba, most Americans see a countryof elegant, crumbling buildings and old American cars. While it takes less thantwenty-five minutes to fly from Miami to Havana, the United States and its islandneighbor have been mired in hostility and distrust since the Castro Revolutionousted the American-backed…
La Emancipada With his novel La Emancipada (1863) Miguel Riofrio led the Ecuadorian literature into the modern world. Written at mid-ninteteenth century this work expresses a method of believable representation -non-biased and objective- of the real world, based upon a careful observation of reality, a censoring and critical attention of the Ecuadorian…
Feliz Navidad Buhito (merry Christmas, Little Hoo!) Spanish Language Picture Book for Preschool and Kindergarten Its Christmas Eve and Little Hoo should be sleeping. But there are so many interesting noises! Are there reindeer on the roof and elves in the kitchen? Join your favorite owl and find out in this Christmas story that will make December…
