Teresa Mlawer

When her best toy mysteriously disappears, Olivia the feisty pig is determined to find out who is responsible.

Tired of playing with his little brother, a boy imagines having a dragon for a playmate instead.

As she impatiently waits for Santa's arrival, Olivia the pig tries to help with family preparations on the day before Christmas.

When Olivia learns that there will be no band at the evening's fireworks display, she decides to form one of her own, with herself as the only musician and some rather unusual instruments.

Relating the cycle of requests a mouse is likely to make after you give him a cookie takes the reader through a young child's day.

"This Spanish edition of Caldecott Honoree Yuyi Morales's Dreamers, published simultaneously with the English edition, is the author's own immigration story and a tribute to the transformative power of hope. and reading. In 1994, 25-year-old Yuyi Morales traveled from her home in Xalapa, Mexico, to the San Francisco Bay Area with her two-month-old son, Kelly, in order to secure permanent residency in this country. Her passage was not easy and she...

Doña Flor, a giant lady with a big heart, sets off to protect her neighbors from what they think is a dangerous animal, but soon discovers the tiny secret behind the huge noise.

"Un cuento intemporal, maravillosamente ilustrado, que nos habla sobre la imaginación, las estaciones, la amistad y la sorpresa. Al principio eran cinco amigos y todos parecían esperar algo detrás de la ventana: la luna, el viento, la nieve, o nada en especial... La espera es parte de la infancia -esperar el turno, esperar para crecer, esperar a que algo especial suceda-, pero en este álbum es el niño quien observa como unos juguetes esperan...

Presents the names of animal babies, parents, and groups; for example, a baby kangaroo is a joey, its mother is a flyer, its father is a boomer, and a group of kangaroos is a troop, mob, or herd.

"Puedes aprender mucho acerca de la vida observando a otras especies. Eso es lo que primero le ciden a Humphrey cuando lo llevan al Aula 26. ¡Y vaya si es verdad! Además de sus escapadas en la clase, este increíble hámster va cada fin de semana a dormir a la casa de un estudiante diferente. En poco tiempo, Humphrey aprende a leer y a escribir, y a lanzar gomas elásticas, pero solo en defensa propia. La vida de Humphrey sería absolutamente perfecta,...