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I'm not bilingual, so I wasn't sure how the accents over the letters made them sound, until I listened to the CD & followed along in the book.

It's an unapologetically whimsical story of a boy discovering a world full of color, & Grizelle Paz's pictures are delightful.

A fascinating way to listen & learn the sounds of another language, & I loved the sound effects, too!

What would it be like if the world had no color? Ruben knows, because he used to live without color. Who's Ruben, you ask? He's the young boy in the book, "Ruben's Rainbow," who lived in a black-and-white world. After being "plopped" into a new and colorful world, Ruben found a way to bring all the colors of the rainbow back home with him.

This book is special -- it is written in English and Spanish. The sentences are short and easily translated, so parents and children can read in both languages. Accompanying the book is an Audio CD, that recites the story out loud, first in English alone, then in Spanish alone, and then in both English and Spanish. For the dual version, I wish that one sentence at a time was translated instead of the whole page. Also, I would have preferred some silence after the translation, so the parent or child could repeat the words themselves before the next sentence began. Despite my own preferences, the Audio CD is a wonderful complement to the book, since it allows parents and children to actually hear how the words should be pronounced in both languages.

MyParenTime.com recommends "Ruben's Rainbow," by Carlos Harrison and Grizelle Paz - the story is sweet; the illustrations are colorful and simple; and it introduces another language to children. And with the Audio CD, children can have the luxury of hearing the story in English, Spanish or both :).

I gave 'Ruben's Rainbow' to my four-year-old nephew and he loves it! He even listens to the CD that came with it by himself on the computer -- he's learned a little Spanish in his pre-school and he's developing a really good ear for it. The story itself is really sweet and the illustrations are great. I would recommend this to anybody who needs a gift for a small child, it's a high-quality book and it has added educational value too.

Ruben's Rainbow is beautifully illustrated. The story is a wonderful tale about how Ruben falls one morning in a world filled with color and brings that color back with him. The book is bilingual so your kids and you can learn Spanish (or English). It comes with a CD with the audio of the story that is very helpful and a great addition to the book.

Ruben's Rainbow/El Arco Iris de Ruben is a bilingual full color picturebook for children. The text by Carols Harrison is written in both English and Spanish on each page, and it comes with a read-along audio CD that has three tracks: one in English, one in Spanish, and one in both English and Spanish. The warm and engaging story, artfully illustrated by Grizelle Paz, is about a young boy who is missing color from his life until he goes out and brings home a rainbow in his cap. The sentences of Ruben's Rainbow are of moderate length without being too complex, making it a superb book to help young children learn how to be bilingual. Highly recommended for family, school, community center, and public library collections.

I am an American student of Spanish and have been for many years. If I could shake people, Americans and others, to wake up to truly great literature I would start with Miguel Delibes because he deals with life at its irreducible beginings, a small town, a little boy and his relationships. There are no props, no embellishments only life in its atomic state.

We don't have the verbosity of Marquez as magnificent as it is. Instead we have a Spanish Checkov who tells a story simply yet oh so powerfully.

The atomic structure yields particles when we use our imaginative accelerator to split the center. The tracings yield all kinds of meaning and significance. It is a true test of the reader to come to grips with her-himself and see if you can carry the ball that Delibes has passed to you.

I recommend that you read "La Mortaja with this book. It is a short novel and even more condensed yet just as satiffying as "El Camino."

El Camino is the story of a young boy growing up in rural Spain. As chapter one begins, Daniel is spending his last night at home before leaving for boarding school in the city. Unable to sleep, he tosses and turns in his bed. From the bottom of his 11-year-old heart he wishes that life were not taking this path, this 'camino'. He understands his father's desire to make something of his only son, but as far as Daniel is concerned, he would rather stay in his home town. The following chapters are Daniel's reminiscences of his childhood. We meet his two best friends, Roque and German, and join in their escapades. We see the colorful characters of Daniel's little village: the priest, "who was a great saint"; the old maid sisters; the batchelor school master; the blacksmith; the rich and beautiful young woman who captures Daniel's heart; and the freckle-faced Mariuca, who follows him around, hoping to be his friend. The book is a charming look at life in rural Spain as well as a look at life itself. Filled with philosophical insight, humor and wisdom, El Camino is a book to read over and over again. Written in an eloquent but not-too-difficult Spanish, this book is a treasure

Eate es un libro de mucha enseñansa y tristeza especialmente cuando se muere german. ellos son muy amigos y el camino tiene su moraleja.

If I could give this book seven stars, I would. Its small town romanticism reminds one of the Missouri of Mark Twain, with all the colorful inhabitants of a rural, agricultural community. El Camino is filled with the innocence of its 11 year old protagonist, and the painful loss of that innocence, so achingly felt by all in post-civil war Spain. A wonderful book by any speaker or student of Spanish. If this ever gets translated to English, LET ME KNOW!!!

This book is beautiful. It is a celebration of love for the simpler, but most significant, things in life: the small details that make a community, with its faults and virtues, just that and true friendship something to treasure.

It is pure and inspiring. One of the best books I have ever read, it is one to be passed down to those you love.

the book is very interesting ; because the book have a wolrd different i like the book because is very ; very diferent the people whatn life deer is very weirds ;the people is very different and i like the people different
and my opinion is this book have 5 stars VERY GOOD!!!

This book is great! Very hard to put it down. Lowry has made some really great books, but this one is the best! This is a 10 star book!

This book is so mysterious. It brings out a different you. the ending is confusing. you have to ask a librarian or teacher about the ening to know the TRUE ENDING

I liked it. But not the ending

this book is a fabulous tool for teaching students about theattempt to perfect society, to take out the human factor fromrelationships. I find the ending, which leaves it up to the reader to decide what happens to Jonas and Gabriel to be an invaluable way to engage students in the critical thinking process. When my students are finished with this book they are drained emotionally. So am I. Ms. Lowry has written a modern classic that is for all ages, not just children.

Now this is a really heavy book, there is so much information its amazing! Lei esta version en el original ingles y luego en castellano. Poniendo religion a un lado este libro es espectacular, tiene tanta informacion que tienes que tomarte la lectura con tiempo y calma. Las posibilidades son increibles, y muy logicas si piensas abiertamente y dejando dogmas de lado. Este libro es definitivamente de esos que guardas y relees mil veces.

iT IS A VERY GOOD BOOK IF ARE YOU LOOKING FOR SOMETHING SIMILAR AS A DA VINCI CODE. PLEASE READ IT AND YOU WILL SEE HOW ENGROSS YOU WILL BE.
INGRID

Excelente en forma y fondo. Està escrito para que el lector no quiera dejar de leerlo de principio de fin. Historicamente espectacular, un golpe al cristianismo donde mas le duele, en la verdad. Ya era hora de romper los mitos y desenmascarar a la iglesia y toda su farsa de los ùltimos 2000 años. Afortunadamente ya no quemam brujas porque de lo contrario los 3 historiadores que hicieron el libro estarìan en la hoguera junto a los millones de inocentes que el cristianismo ha matado durante su historia

Holy Blood, Holy Grail is a clever, thought-provoking book that will get your blood boiling if you're a Christian fundamentalist. The authors create a wonderful story by tying together some of the world's greatest religious mysteries (the historical Jesus, the Crusades, the Knights Templars, the Albigensian heretics, and Freemasonry). You'll have to decide for yourself the accuracy of their theory. In a nutshell, the authors argue that the Holy Grail was the bloodline of Jesus, descendant of King David, which was carried out of the holy land in the form of Jesus' wife, Mary Magdelene, and which survives today in the noble houses of European aristocracy. Don't scoff at this idea, because recent Dead Sea Scroll scholarship (see Barbara Thiering) lends credence to much of the story. Even if you don't believe the premise, you'll find this book hard to put down

Esta es la verdadera fuente de la cual Brown tomo su idea para "El codigo da Vinci". Aqui la historia y las especulaciones en torno al tema de la descendencia de Cristo provienen de fuentes historicas. La informacion, mas "heavy" que esa aguada que aparece en el libro de Brown, requiere de un lector con cerebro, dispuesto a detenerse de vez en cunando a pensar en lo que le estan diciendo. Apasionante.

I have read it a million times and i still love it

My son has loved this book and has been his favorite since he got it as a newborn. It has great colorful drawings and the story line is in verse making it easier and more fun to read over and over again. I had to buy a 2nd copy, because the 1st one went everywhere with him and got wet, food stuck to it, pages falling apart after so much abuse, etc. I highly recommend this book. It is a great way to introduce your child to the beauty of nature and trees specially.

One of the most beautiful childrens books I have ever seen. Highly recommended for children of all ages interested in the love of nature and the love for the puertorican culture

Georgina Lazaro is a master in the art of writing children's books. As an added value, in this book she captures a tiny but magnificent aspect of Puerto Rican culture: the flamboyan tree. I also have her "El Mejor es Mi Papa", "Ya Llegaron los Reyes Magos" and "Mi Gorrita", which are also great for children.

I have read it a million times and i still love it

My good friend Mario strongly recommended me this book, even if he knew a physician's life wasn't my cup of tea.
I'm grateful he convinced me to read this book; it is a very good one to be sure!
The curious story about this novel is that it was first a success in Germany and Spain before booming at the USA.

First I'll point out the less successful aspect of the opus: the historical period reconstruction doesn't sound fully accurate. I'm not sure why this happens, may be due to very modern view point of the main character, to some characters name and/or some doubtful historical issues.

That said, nevertheless, "The Physician" is a valuable and gripping read and once you start with it you can't stop!
The story, situated around year 1050, follows Robert J. Cole's life from boyhood until he is around 40 years old.
Rob & his brothers are orphaned while they were very young. Carpenter's Guild helps them finding new homes. Rob is left in charge of Barber, a barber-surgeon, as his apprentice and joins his new master in his wandering life.
In a way that makes me remember Gelsomina in Fellini's movie "La Strada", Rob learn how to perform as entertainer, medicine seller & surgeon.
He also discovers he possess a strange Gift, he is capable to sense when a person, apparently ill or not, is nearing death.
Some experiences in this nomadic life, awake Rob's desire to become a physician in order to help suffering people better.
He learns that in Ispahan (Persia) exists a great teaching place with Avicenna as its most conspicuous doctor.
There is only on big obstacle: Persians are Muslims and confronting Byzantine Christians, son no Christian will be admitted. What to do? Rob decides to go there and pass as a Jew, as Jews are tolerated.
After Barber's death he starts a two year journey traversing all Europe and learning how to pass as a Jew. He will soon discover that is not so easy to be a Jew.

Here starts the most fascinating part of the story with a gripping cavalcade thru an exotic world!

A recommended read for those interested in historical subject and more specifically in medieval life and medicine.
Reviewed by Max Yofre.

Noah Gordon has done a superb job of drawing the reader into this 11th century story. Historical facts and practices of the time are carefully interwoven into the main story. The book spans quite a long period of time, but at no point does the reader get bored with the pace of events. I read the book in Spanish and was delighted with the colourfulness of the language used and how the story developed throughout. I would highly recommend this book to anybody interested in novels of the time, as well as all those simply interested in a good story.

The Physican is probably the best historical novel I've read. Noah Gordon is a superb writer. In fact, I've reread it and even enjoyed it more the second time. I've read everything that Noah Gordon has written. The same accolades go for all his novels! Read and enjoy!

I couldn't put the book down. Noah Gordon is one of my favorite authors.

Muy interesante, ya que yo soy medico en Inglaterra y conozco los lugares hablados, describe a la perfeccion la figura de cirujano-barbero (Mister), caso unico ingles, diferente del medico (Doctor), de aqui la diferencia actualmente entre los "misteres" y los "doctors" ingleses. Y como ambos reconocen que uno no esta completo sin el otro, por ello "Mr" Cole decide hacerse tambien un "Doctor" a un precio tremendo, mas o menos lo que he vivido yo 1,000 anhos despues. Cole tenia la oportunidad de estudiar medicina en Espanha (Salamanca, Alcala y otras), Salerno (Italia) o Bagdad, ya que las universidades de medicina eran Arabes, prefirio irse a Bagdad y estudiar con Avicena. Yo personalmente tambien cruze el mundo para estudiar medicina en Alcala de Henares. A leer este libro que es de lo mejor que he leido.

This is an excellent spanish dictionary. Vibrant color illustrations make the dictionary look like an encyclopedia too. A must have for the library of any spanish-speaking person.

El canal 22 de Mexico (canal cultural) recomendó este diccionario ilustrado. Lo compré como regalo para mi hijo. Es uno de los mejores diccionarios de la lengua española. Lo recomiendo.

This dictionary is to Spanish what American Heritage and Websters are to English: standard home and office reference works. Larousse has been around for a very long time. They update their color and black-and-white dictionaries annually. If you are a native speaker or an advanced student of Spanish, you need one of these near you.

It is wonderful that this excellent dictionary is now easily available in the United States at a very moderate price. Back when I was an undergraduate (late 70's to early 80's), the only way you could get something like this was to go to a Spanish-speaking country. There may have been U.S. sources in some faraway place like New York City, but I never heard of them at the time. But now you can find these books in your local bookstore or online!

I knew about the product beforehand, albeit the 1970's editions. However, this 2008 edition is fantastic; from the quality of the ilustrations to the extensive inclusion of new terms and definitions. In addition, this is the one dictionary that has it all, including important biographies and world geography all of it incredibly up-to -date. I only wish they would make an English version.

El diccionario esta fantastico. Tiene una seccion especial sobre America Latina muy interesante, ademas de las ya conocidas ilustraciones a colores que lo hacen unico en su clase. Se los recomiendo a todos.

Además de ser una lectura sumamente entretenida, es un trabajo investigativo muy bien logrado por los autores. Nos brinda la oportunidad de conocer muchas interioridades de una familia muy prestigiosa y de una empresa muy poderosa en Mexico. Nos brinda valiosa información sobre la cultura de Mexico. Muy beneficiosa lectura para un empresario o líder en cualquier rama, pues brinda la visión y la estrategia de un gran profesional, líder indiscutible y amante y defensor de su país. Maribel Sánchez, Puerto Rico

This book allows you to know everything about him. His failures and his successes. If you want to know what he was really about, this is the book you'll want to read.

This book reflects all issues involved in running a business in Latin America. Despite its mexican scenario, the stories about Emilio Azcarraga Milmo may be well shared for most of leading entreprenours in all Latin America: political influence, monopolistic tendency, autocratic managament and aristocratic style. More than a biography, El Tigre is a excellent book for understanding how companies must be managed in Latin Amrica for succeding.

Very well written, concise, and in-depth biography of perhaps Latin America's most influential business magnate. The writers avoid dwelling on too much irrelevant detail, and offer a unique, unbiased, and thoroughly researched expose of Emilio Azcarraga Milmo, lord and master of Televisa and its subsidiaries, actors, singers, and employees, confidant of presidents and magnates, of priests and popes, of men and women. The Mexican Clark Gable of his era, every woman wanted to be with him, and men wanted to be him. A must read.

In an impressive narration the authors make Azacarraga's life so interesting that it is possible to read the whole book in just one day. Reading this book with not only make you understand the history of TV in Mexico or Latin America but the history of Mexico itself. Since the early beginnings of Telesistema Mexicano to the development of all kind of business this book narrates all the problems Azcarraga and his team had to face, not only with the Mexican government or people, but with foreign agencies such as the FCC among others to expand. This book takes the reader all the way back from the XEW to the must recent challenges Azcarraga's son has faced to stop TELEVISA's debacle, recover its position in the communications world, and make it once again an international leader enterprise totally independent of the Mexican government and actually good for the Mexican or international audience.

This book is very useful to any reader interested in all the difficulties involved in the creation of such a business empire and the strength, temper and attitude a real entrepreneur has to have in order to achieve success. This book is very clear in showing the reader that not everything of what was done in TELEVISA was for the good of the audience and the incredible amount of power an unregulated enterprise can achieve by manipulating the government, advertising agencies, artists, and the audience.

This book has a little bit of everything: a moving story, an interesting setting, many little misteries, a lot of historically correct information about the times of the Spanish inquisition. It is written in a friendly, easy-to-follow language, and it leaves us with many thoughts about discrimination, courage, love, and the human spirit.

A manera de novela, Noah Gordon nos invita a vivir el horror que padecieron los judíos durante la inquisición. Allí uno se entera de lo que la Iglesia Católica calla. España es el escenario para conocer esa parte de la historia (que aunque en este libro fabulada y recreada con personajes que no existieron como tales) de la que los católico se averguenzan. Es una novela maravillosa, finamente escrita, atrapa la atención del lector al leer las primeras líneas y desde allí se hace dicífil cerrar el libro, hasta llegar al sorprendente final que es la esperanza misma.

Este es un libro excelente, aunque es historia novelada, describe una epoca en forma perfecta. Ademas el lector esta siempre en suspenso a traves de todo el libro.Apenas tome el libro para leerlo no pude parar.Este ejemplar lo compre justo despues de un viaje a España y pude recrear todos los sitios donde habia estado.

Esta novela más que la historia de Yonah Toledano y su familia, es la historia de miles de familias judias y musulmanas que tras la conquista de Granada por los Reyes Católicos se vieron forzados a abandonar sus casas y propiedades por su fe o abjurar de ellas y convertirse al catolicismo. Muy de manifiesto se ve la mano de la Santa Inquisición que tomó parte activa en esa historica expulsión tan nefasta para la España de aquel entonces y la reacción de los ciudadanos que igual delataban a los conversos y herejes como que los protegían y escondían a sabiendas de las consecuencias que el delito acarreaba. Muy buena las descripciones que el autor hace de esa España del siglo XVI, sus costumbres, formas de vida y pensamientos.

El autor logra capturar la atencion del lector y es dificil dejar de leer esta novela. El autor revela la aventura de este joven judio durante la España del 1500. Tiene suspenso, amor, y atencion al detalle en una narrativa facil de leer. El que ha viajado a, o vive en España, apreciara esta obra de marco historico. (Si les gusto The Name of the Rose, les gustara esta).

Invigorating if not a bit exhausting. NYC invaded by cows, pigs, taxis, tanks. A war on civilization. A revolution in poetry.

Overwhelming and rejuvenating. I recommend it for fans of the avant-garde. It's a one-of-a-kind book that actually feels more like a series of many books--an epic of sorts. Pastoral was the best section--shepherds causing traffic jams in NY. If you like Peter Handke, Dario Fo, and A. Artaud--you may be up for this book.

A beautiful fantasy in and about New York City, written with heart and passion. One of kind characters in the tradition of Federico Fellini--buffoons, clowns, sheperds, and best of all Mariquita Samper, a Macy's Make-up artist, who dreams of being a celebrity.

This book is to the postmodern latinamerican novel, what One Hundred Years of Solitude is to the Boom. Important, engaging, a must read.

"A pastiche of virtual reality," Studies in 20th Century Literature.

"Laced with satire and eroticism with a cosmopolitan edge, Empire of Dreams deals with issues of sexual ambiguity, gender, marginality and the writer's role in the modern age," The Advocate.

"Original, exasperating, chaotic, and satisfying --all at once," El Mundo.

"Braschi describes moments of experiences and their contingencies...Her rhythmic energetic prose is challenging, yet acceible," Publishers Weekly.

"Braschi's style is on a perpetual high," San Juan Star.

"A masterpiece...Braschi writes as an accomplished cosmopolitan heiress to the tradition of Lorca, Neruda, Mistral, and Marques." Alicia Ostriker, from the introduction.

"Braschi invites us to a world in which objects, places, and elements are animated, a world in which the profane comedy of literature is staged in an entirely new way. Empire of Dreams is an absol! ! ute joy ride!" Jean Franco, Columbia University