Jairo Buitrago

A young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the U.S. border. They travel mostly on the roof of a train known as The Beast, but the little girl doesn't know where they are going. She counts the animals by the road, the clouds in the sky, the stars. Sometimes she sees soldiers. She sleeps, dreaming that she is always on the move, although sometimes they are forced to stop and her father has to earn...

"Our school has almost nothing. A blackboard, some chairs, a teacher." The teacher is there at the door waiting for them every day. And this day they are taking whatever art supplies they can come up with and going outdoors to draw. And out there, amongst the trees, the mountains the huge boulders, the river are--dinosaurs--of every kind. And a squirrel."---Provided by publisher.

"-Tu nombre no es muy común, ¿verdad? -me preguntó Leonor mirándome con curiosidad-. Bernardino, no conozco a nadie que se llame así. Fue el primer nombre que se me ocurrió cuando me preguntó. Pero tenía razón, debí haberle dicho otro mejor, uno más sofisticado". Una familia que visita un decadente parque de diversiones, un niño que contra su voluntad busca ovnis en el desierto, una niña que quiere hablar más con su silencioso abuelo...

A little girl imagines a lion taking the place of her father who no longer lives with her family, an animal that keeps her safe on her travels from school to home.

Taken to live with her grandmother in the country, a young city girl finds a way to cope with the change brought about by her parents' separation when an owl, a frog, and a mouse take her on a nighttime tour of her extraordinary new world.

En esta versión audio de Eloisa y los bichos, de Jairo Buitrago, el oyento se pone en los zapatos de Eloisa, una niña que representa a todos aquellos que se ven obligados a emigrar a un lugar desconocido y atemorizante y que, en medio de un proceso lleno de dificultados, tiene nuevos aprendizajes mientras conserva su identidad.

"A quirky and uplifting guide to making new friends for kids 4 to 7 from a beloved, internationally renowned author. What's the best way to make friends? Toad has the most magnificent ideas! Sometimes they don't go according to plan... but that's okay. Eventually Toad tires of making new friends, but comes to a marvelous conclusion: sometimes being with yourself is a good way to pass the time too. A hilarious and heartfelt read for kids who are starting...

Eloisa and her father move to a new town and she feels like an alien. Everyone is so different! But eventually they settle into their new town. Eloísa y su papá se mudan a una ciudad nueva y ella se siente como bicho raro.