PreK-8

Meet Marcos Mostaza. He is almost 11 years old and he would love to live near Disney World in Florida. For the meantime, he must content himself with living with his family near Zaragoza and hanging out with his friends Hanif and Lorena. The book...

In this book by prolific Spanish author Ana Alonso, Aurora finds the Atlas of Lost Time in her grandparents’ house, and, suddenly, she is transported to prehistoric times. She learns how humans evolved, used tools, created art, and much more. Suggested...

In this fascinating, illustrated book, you will find the strangest planes, the fastest trains, the craziest automobiles, and the most interesting trains. Our civilization has advanced in grand part to the inventors and designers of different modes of...

This award-winning novel introduces readers to the Aborigine culture of Australia. The N'Wone, or water women, are vital to surviving life in the desert. They can hear everything, including the flapping wings of the White-Billed Crows or the whisper of...

This book presents shorts biographies on important women scientists. Each biography is narrated in the first person. They include Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Marie Tharp, Rita Levi Montalcini, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, and Nettie Stevens.

A red music box is found on the beach by a group of students from a nearby school. They have also seen a mysterious girl walking by the beach. Encouraged by their teacher, each student has one week to discover the box's secret and contribute to its...

Home alone, eleven-year-old Manolo discovers a pair of handcuffs hidden in the house. He decides to try them on, but when he tries to take them off, he realizes he doesn't have the key, and begins to get nervous. Will his parents return and find out that...

When John's father, Captain Lemuel Gulliver, returns from his long voyages, he tells his son about remote lands filled with fascinating things such as giant cows, men who never age, and enormous spider webs. One day, John decides he must see these...

Daniela is fascinated by Amelia, a writer who has come to the house with the red roof. Her arrival has unleashed Daniela's imagination. Amelia realizes that the girl's great ability to make up stories is a defense mechanism to deal with her family's...

Readers will feel empowered when they learn how many young people like themselves have created organizations and movements to save our planet. This book introduces the ecological problems we face and offers simple solutions we can all do. Small changes...

A young Peruvian girl named Evelyn feels out of place living in Spain. She hates her name and she is ashamed of her mother's poverty. When an assignment about the Incas is given in her class, two of the popular kids want to team up with Evelyn. ...

Mason Buttle is the biggest, sweatiest kid in his class and everyone knows he can barely read and write. All of this pales in comparison to how he feels about the death of his best friend. Mason is the most honest kid in the world; therefore, he cannot...

Although Siburgo is nearly 200 miles from the sea, there has always been a seafaring tradition among the town's young people. When Mar and Ramón decide to get to the roots of this strange tradition, they find the key in the town's library.

Hana, a Palestinian girl, Ezra, an Israeli boy, and Diego, a Spanish boy participate in a cultural program to walk the Camino de Santiago as pilgrims. While in Leon, a mysterious woman hands them an object that transforms the trip into an adventure that...

Victor and his parents, who are archeologists, travel to Egypt for an excavation of a recently found pyramid. With the help of Yasmine, an Egyptian girl, Victor must make use of his knowledge in mathematics to solve a series of mysteries that are taking...

This moving story about a girl found on a Mediterranean coast, coming from some town in Africa, won a deserved award. It describes the painful situation of immigrants looking for better opportunities in other countries, and the reaction of those who open...

The school in the village of Baeira has so few students, it will have to shut its doors at the end of the year. The four oldest kids are willing to do anything to prevent this from happening. They create an online newspaper called the Valley Voice. ...

Goldie lives in Jewel, a place strictly controlled by the Blessed Guardians. She is not allowed to go outside unchained until Separation Day. When the day gets canceled, she decides to run away. She ends up at the Museum of Dunt, a place with shifting...

In this profound, short chapter book, a boy named Santiago likes to draw in the sand, but he feels sad when his creations are washed away. He decides that when he grows up, he wants to create something lasting. When he comes of age, he leaves in search...

Virginia's father, a writer, has always tried to instill a love of reading in her and her three siblings. One summer, Virginia discovers a tree house. Books begin to mysteriously appear inside it. Virginia becomes fascinated by the books and,...

What if a fictional character came to life? That's exactly what happens to Aidún, who comes out of the pages where she has always lived because she wants to find out why her creator has stopped writing adventures for her. This is a fun play where...

Bahar Sultan tells his daughter Lia to look for the best two wizards. The princess, together with her friend Ali, visits traders with the best magic products. This intrepid adventure will help children to get know more about percentages and direct...

Bahar Sultan wants to make the most of everything he has in his library to improve his kingdom. The solution: distribute his books among his advisors according to functions. Young readers will learn about fractions and proportion.

Since he became deaf, ten-year-old Horacio lives in a world of silence. Attracted by a beautiful house in his neighborhood, he wanders in one day and meets Beatriz, a solitary woman who is wary of strangers. She rejects him at first, but eventually they...

Brokenhearted to learn that the boat they worked so hard to build has sunk, several boys come up with an ingenious plan to raise enough money to hire a tugboat and salvage the ship.

This classic fictional first-person narrative was the first major work in the picaresque genre in Spain. Full of biting wit and social criticism, Lazarillo's adventures have been perfectly adapted for middle grades in this paperback edition complemented...