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821) The piano recital
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"It's the day of Momo's very first piano recital, and she is terribly nervous. Today is the day of a little mouseling's very first performance, too, and she's just as nervous as Momo. The mouseling invites Mom to watch her performance. Momo follows the mouseling through a small door backstage, where she's met with an amazing sight: an elaborate miniature theatre, and an audience of finely dressed mice! When the Grand Mouse-ter takes the stage, a hush...
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"Tanto niños como adultos, todos tenemos el corazón lleno de emociones. Si no aprendemos a gestionarlas correctamente, pueden sobrepasarnos y tener consecuencias negativas en nuestra vida. La autora de libros infantiles Kochka, en colaboración con la psicóloga Louison Nielman y diversas ilustradoras de gran talento, nos ofrece una serie de libros con los que ayudar a los más pequeños a comprender, gestionar y poner en palabras cómo se...
824) The little one
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"One day after school a young girl meets a small, mysterious creature that only she can see. They wander through a garden, sip tea together, and make magic happen when they travel from a closet into a secret attic. Through these shared moments of companionship and play, the girl and the creature form a beautiful friendship. Kiyo Tanaka's copperplate etchings, infused with light, glow with wonder and affection and show us once again how the one sure...
825) The story circle
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Monster storms closed the school for three days. "Carpets bubbled with mud. Green slime swallowed books." And when the children returned, the new bookshelves in the classroom were empty. "What will we do for story circle?" they ask. With the kids sitting around her on the new rug, the teacher tells a story about a boy who loved to fly. Afterwards, she asks them what pictures they imagined. Each one sees something different: wings like yellow sunbeams,...
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Pierre and Paul are back for another adventure! Pierre speaks French and Paul speaks English, but that doesn't stop them from being friends and exploring together. Today is garbage day, so the duo sets out to find hidden treasures in the trash. Treasure map in hand, they encounter poisonous swamps, dark forests, a dragon, and even a tsunami! (Or maybe just a garbage truck driving through a puddle). When the tsunami sweeps away their treasure map,...
827) João by a thread
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"As João tucks under a lovingly woven quilt, he asks himself: So it's just me now? He curls up, getting cozy in bed, and soon the world of his dreams unspools on the page. The blanket in his bed unravels into deep rivers, lakes, valleys, reservoirs, mountain ranges, fishing nets full of tadpoles and gaping holes, until what's left is just one long thread. When he feels alone and scared in the dark, João "sews words like patchwork" into a new blanket...
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"A whimsical and lyrical celebration of imagination and exploration if we simply asked, "What if . . ." Follow two siblings through their day as they let their imaginations run wild in this joyful story about all the possibilities a simple "what if" can conjure up: What if the monsters in your closet wanted to be your friend? What if all of the dinosaurs were shrunk to be teeny-tiny when the comet hit the earth? And what if bedtime didn't exist and...
829) When Molly drew dogs
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"A young girl, anxious about her new surroundings, finds that a pack of friendly dogs has moved into her mind. In an effort to allay their restlessness, the girl begins to draw them--everywhere. Her constant doodling and daydreaming worries her grandmother, teacher and tutor, who want the girl to focus on her schoolwork. But the dogs bring the girl comfort--and they maybe even come to her rescue one night after she gets lost and hides in a neighbour's...
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Kak priuchit' malysha pomogat' po domu? Papa kotenka Shmyaka znayet odin sekret! Na semeynom sovete bylo resheno, chto teper' u Shmyaka budet svoy spisok domashnikh del. No... ubirat' igrushki, zastilat' postel', polivat' tsvety -- eto tselaya vechnost' proydet! «Kogda tebe veselo, vremya letit nezametno», -- podskazyvayet papa Shmyaku. Ubiraya igrushki v yashchik, Shmyak predstavil, budto nashel piratskiy klad na neobitayemom ostrove, i teper'...
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"Un día, tras salir de la piscina, mientras regresa a casa en tren con su abuela, Julián ve a tres mujeres vestidas con unos trajes espectaculares. Sus cabelleras flotan en el aire con brillantes colores, sus vestidos tienen colas de pescado y su regocijo inunda el vagón del tren. Cuando Julián llega a casa, hechizado por la magia que acaba de ver, solo piensa en vestirse como ellas con su propio fabuloso disfraz de sirena: se pone una cortina...