Spanish Books Books

We found this book at our local library after our 2-yr. old daughter kept talking and talking about the book "Brave Little Monster" that she had read at school. The library was out of BLM but had PAPA! so we borrowed this book. It is outstanding! Our daughter loves it, my husband loves it and I love it; wonderful, wonderful find. Cute pictures, cute concept. Our daughter enjoys fairly long books, but this one has only a few sentences per page. No problem -- we actually find it leaves more to our imagination.

I recently checked this book out in a German language version for my 13 month old daughter. I know just enough German to be able to pronounce (most of) the words correctly, and thought it would be interesting for her to hear a different language. And despite the obvious barrier, this is easily her favorite book! She laughs every time the boy or monster shouts out: "Papa! Papa! In meinem Bett ist ein Ungeheuer!" (Papa! Papa! There's a monster in my bed!). And I enjoy trying to say centipede pie in German (Tausendfusslerpfotentorte, though my spelling may be a little off) I'm about to order it in English, and can't wait to see what she thinks :)

This is a great book. It's very simple and fun to read. My 6 year old AND my 2 year old repeatedly checked this book out at the library, until we finally bought them a copy of their own.

The "monster" in this book is just as endearing as the little boy. Your little ones will love it!

Very entertaining and based on simple concepts: going to bed, hearing noises, waking up, screaming, being comforted by a large family, hiding, snuggling. Simple, uncrowded graphics (ok, except the monster family scenes). Our daughter enjoyed it at 20 months. Other ages will work, but not much younger.

This is a true gem. Colorful soft illustrations hold a toddlers fancy and wonderful story. It is every easy to read over and over and over and over as we all know any toddler will ask. (how many new ways can you say PAPA!)

I am a teacher and I read many stories from The Pink Fairy Book to my class. They were amazed that there were so many more wonderful fairy tales that they had never seen on cartoons. I recomend this to all teachers and parents to read to treir kids.

Having a complete collection of the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales, I was a little disappointed when I opened this book and found so many stories with which I was familiar. But as I read further along, I found additional tales translated from Danish, French, Swedish, German, and Japanese. I have definitely found some new favorites with this collection, especially in the few Japanese stories. Uraschimataro and the Turtle is wonderful. I also loved Peter Bull! I wish there were more Japanese stories but, as this is the first volume of this collection I have read, I am hopeful to find more in another one of the series. Depending on your existing collection of fairy tales, this may not be a must-own but it is certainly a must-read.

I was at the library with my father and mother when I first saw this book. I looked at all the colors and decided by pink being my favorite color. I read the whole book in gaps between 2 days and at bedtime. And I was so amazed at the mermaids, princesses, and fairies and all the wonder that a few days later I took out the orange, green, and crimson fairy book just so I could dwell in the land of fairy tales for a few more weeks! Im a young girl of fourteen, and I love fantasy stories. The Pink fairy book is my favorite because it was my first, but the whole collection are my favorites and I recomend them to boys and girls (There are plenty of stories boys would like too) and adults! (for they are just as interesting) I love art, and the pictures by H.J ford are so amazing and attractive, I stared at them for hours!

I recomend the Pink Fairy Book to parents teachers and children. It has a lot of lessons and morales an gives children an exelent experience in classical literature.

The Andrew Lang collections are well worth it. I read them when I was a child (bless that library) and when I saw them for sale I couldn't resist. The stories have retained their freshness and it is interesting to see similar themes dealt with by different cultures.

These would be great for parents reading to their children or for children looking for something interesting and fun to read.

Definitely worth it!

Since I learned about the existence of Savage Worlds, I had been itching to try it. Pirates of the Spanish Main was my chance to GM it, and oh, was it a great experience! The rules themselves are simple (even simpler than in "standard" Savage Worlds, with things like death and critical injuries removed), the ship battle rules are awesome, the setting is chock-full of ideas for great adventures. My biggest selling point, however, is how easy and fast it was to create and run adventures using the Savage Worlds system. I might also add that although the book is focused on Pirates (a la the Pirates of the Caribbean movies), you don't have to use the setting that way if you don't like (in my case, we played a game of 16th century military intrigue between Spain and England in the Caribbean) If you want to try the SW system, don't know where to start, and have even a passing interest in Pirates, buy this book!

he book wasn't quite what I was looking for, but the idea behind the game it talks about is pretty good.

Powered by the Savage Worlds RPG system, Pirates of the Spanish Main is a stand-alone book and is all you need to kick off your very own high-seas swashbuckling adventure! All the Savage Worlds rules are in here, tailored to the Pirates genre, so there is no need for a separate rulebook. This game takes place in the pseudo-historical world represented in WizKid's Pirates of the Spanish Main collectible ship combat game, and many of the characters and ships in that game are present as NPC's in the RPG. That game, in turn, was spawned from various pirate stories and movies such as Treasure Island and Pirates of the Caribbean, and the fantastic atmosphere from those sources carries over into the RPG. If you've ever wished to strap a rapier around your waist, board your ship, and set sail for adventure, this is the game for you.

I have been running rpg campaigns for years. Everything from rifts to cyberpunk. D&D to AD&D. Blue Planet to Serenity. I love the gaming world and this rpg has to be one of my favorites. Its simple structure and rules make for quick and easy game play. The GM is released from the frustration of keeping track of so much stuff and is allowed to spend more time on beautiful plots and wild adventures. This is a great game for beginning gamers and experienced ones. Check it out and you will not be disappointed.

Can't say enough good stuff about this book. Visually it is fantastic! The art and layout look great. As if that weren't enough, the content is even better.

The award winning Savage Worlds RPG game system has been modified and streamlined to fit the pirate genre and it suits it perfectly. They've left the pirate appropriate rules from the core system and added some new stuff to add more life to the setting. Ship combat rules, fencing schools, and a great mission generator are included. This game should be the perfect RPG compliment to the ship collecting game that it is based on (but not needed to play).

BTW, this is a stand alone product. You do not need any other books to play... just this one. Hehe, as if you'd need any more :)

Es un gran libro que puede cambiar vidas si se lleva a cabo lo que describe el autor es uno de los mejores ibros que he leido

¡¡¡Es un libro muy práctico y sobre todo muy útil!!! Te ayuda a entender como dejar atrás las pesadumbres y cargas que nos quitan la felicidad y que finalmente somos nosotros mismos que nos las cargamos. Es tan bueno que mientras lo leía, una de mis tías lo tomó y solo con leer las primeras páginas, terminó prendada con él. Finalmente, le regalé un ejemplar a ella para lo conservara ¡¡¡siempre!!! ¡¡¡Lo recomiendo 100%!!!!

Todos necesitamos leer este libro, unos mucho m?s que otros, a?n los que ya son felices. Yo era feliz pero conforme avanz? mi vida me fui haciendo m?s y m?s "racional" o "realista". Al hacer mis planes tomaba m?s y m?s en cuenta las posibilidades de fallar y hac?as planes alternativos. Creo que esto nos es una pr?ctica com?n entre nosotros los latinos, as? que les har? gracia saber que mis planes sal?an cada vez peor (aunque mejor no los aburro con historias largas) Muchas otras personas no son tan anal?ticas pero cometen otros errores:

-Hacer m?s caso a sus emociones (sobre todo negativas como el miedo y la ira) que a su intuici?n, ya no se diga razonar.
-temer y desconfiar todo el tiempo.
-Desconocer la responsabilidad propia con la excusa de que siempre hay otros que controlan nuestras vidas: el gobierno, nuestros jefes, la forma en fuimos criados, la econom?a, etc.

Es necesario pensar en probabilidades cuando hacemos trabajos de ciencia o ingenier?a pero cuando se trata de nuestras vidas no deber?amos hacerlo mucho, ni tampoco seguir ninguno de lops patrones listado arriba que es uno de los pilares de este libro "Por favor, sea feliz"

Algo que ser? dif?cil para muchas gentes es que este libro no sigue la l?gica o ciencia convencional. Al autor Andrew Matthews (AM) hace, entre otras, estas afirmaciones:

-Eres tratado como te tratas a ti mismo y consigues de la vida lo que realmente esperas de ella.
-Tus pensamientos se vuelven realidad y atraen personas, cosas o eventos. T? eres lo que piensas.
-Es cuando te comprometes verdaderamente cunado el universo te abre las puertas para que logres tus objetivos.

Todo lo que puedo decirles es que yo he visto en mi propia vida y la de otros evidencia de lo que dice AM. ?L hace bien en criticar las ideas populares de que ser pesimista es sin?nimo de realista o racional, est?n mal.

?Entonces que est? mal con la ciencia? AM da su propia versi?n con la que yo desacuerdo (estudi? qu?mica, B.S. y M.S.), aunque basta decir con que la ciencia todav?a est? muy limitada, todav?a no es una panacea. Lo que realmente importa es que hagamos lo que funciona como dice AM. ?l usa muchos ejemplos de nuestras actividades cotidianas que hacemos inconscientemente o sin pesar en lo absoluto. Sin embargo no necesitamos entender nada para lograr muchas actividades que damos por sentadas en nuestras vidas, como caminar.

As? que si, este libro le es ?til a casi todo mundo y hay que releerlo de vez en cuando.

Este libro a sido una inspiration para mi. Todo lo que explica el autor es muy simple de entender y facil de recordar.

Un libro especialmente importante para modificar el pensamiento, y re-programar el sub-consiente. Entender la importancia del pensamiento positivo y como influye en su felicidad o metas. Con un lenguage muy sencillo.

In a word, Wow! This is a superb "portrait" of this island. The photographs are absolutely stunning. But this isn't just a "postcard" view of Puerto Rico -- there's lots of coverage of the people, history, and culture, too. The author-photographer has been traveling to Puerto Rico for over three decades, and it shows both in his photographs and his extensive text, which gives a solid but concise presentation of Puerto Rico's history in a very readable way without being dry. (Kind of National Geographic style.) And the picture captions are in-depth, presenting little gems of info about the picture subject matter if you're in too much of hurry to read the whole text. I've lived in Puerto Rico, and this has the feel of an insider's view, not just someone who has breezed through the island and shot a few pictures.

I've been travelling to the islands of the Caribbean, including Puerto Rico, for over 25 years, and I have quite a collection of coffee-table books on the region. This author is a master of getting "inside" the county, the people, the culture, the history. Incredible pictures -- this man is a true artist. (The photo notes say he took over 15,000 pictures to put the book together!) The text is chock-full of info, for those who actually take the time to read this sort of book. Actually, I had not intended to read the text, but I started reading a bit here and there and ended up reading it cover-to-cover. This book covers it all -- I couldn't recommend it more highly.

This stunning book reflects pure professionalism and attention to detail as well as a love and devotion to the island and people of Puerto Rico. The more than 100 photographs are magnificent. There are aerial shots of pristine, remote regions of the island and startling close-ups of both plants and wildlife. Then there are the photos of the bustling metropolis of San Juan, including the narrow streets of beautiful Old San Juan, the noteworthy architecture of Ponce, and, of course, the burgeoning tourist resorts. Last but not least are the stars of the book -- the people of Puerto Rico in their great variety of personality, background, and station in life. An added feature is a substantial amount of historical material that accompanies the photos, thereby providing virtually two books in one. Certainly this work is both an enticement to visit Puerto Rico and a happy reminder of past visits.

This book was a gift from my brother for the holidays. Being a native from Puerto Rico, I believe this book is invaluable for those of us who have been raised in Puerto Rico and like many others, like Mr.Labrucherie expresses in his book chapter "Jibaro", have pursued a more progressive lifestyle in the mainland. Nowhere have I read a book about Puerto Rico, its history and culture, that illustrates the true essence of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican as this book does. The author has an amazing ability of providing insight about the Island not only for the tourist but particularly to us that have lived there and are away. In its own way an analytical review of the Island's background, the book has been written in such a way that not only you learn but mostly you navigate through the book. When you finish each chapter, you feel that you have become part of the story told. Of course, the photography is superb, taking you to the heart of the topic for an extraordinary display of the profound beauty of Puerto Rico. A real pleasure and joy to read. Thank you, Mr. Labrucherie, for making me fall in love with my Island all over again. Cheers, for a fantastic photojournalism and writing exceptional gift!

A great coffee table book. A good start to a quality conversation.

No creo en la conexion falsa de Andres Caicedo con movimientos de izquierda ni politicos de ningun tinte.
Este libro evoca nostalgias de una Cali que se esta desvaneciendo y que no se ha podido rescatar, a traves de los ojos aun inocentes y al mismo tiempo crueles de los personajes adolescentes de sus novelas e historias. Es existencialismo sin densidades filosoficas.
Totalmente recomendado.

Que buen libro nos dió Caicedo. En este se refleja no solo como en Cali, Colombia, America Latina, sino el mundo la salvajadas capitalista nos quita la esperanza de luchar por un mejor futuro. Es una buena paradoja de la realidad, y aunque fue escrito en los 70 se puede adaptar en gran medida a la realidad en que todos vivimos.

Andres Caicedo is a classic of contemporary Colombian literature.
Caicedo is perhaps one of the most bloody and formative modern writers associated with the (post)latin american BOOM of literature. Caicedo is a vivid example of the contradictions lived by all latin american countries: US colonies both mentally and economically. As a result of "LA VIOLENCIA", thousands of countrymen, escaping the official extermination campaign by the conservative party, gather up in the marginal slums of basically all Colombian cities. The opposition between the high class youth of the city of Cali, familiar with the Rolling Stones, Miami, the beatles, the English language, the Country Club,etc,
and the poor popular classes, where Richie Ray's Sonido Bestial is king, constitute a leit motiv. Maria del Carmen Huerta, the main character, a beautiful up town blond, suffers a process of "decadence" that takes her from an ellite world to the pleasures of life through a process of rejection of her own fake class values. The generational crisis of the youth which grew up with the revolutionary attempt in Paris in May of 1968,
the massacre in Mexico city, the student insurrection in Colombian public universities, the Cuban Revolution, the guerrilla priest Camilo Torres Restrepo, existentialism, the CIA sponsored military coup in Chile, the rise of the National Liberation Army, the revolutionary process in Nicaragua, the new freedom and a new conception of the world, constitute the vital background of the author.
Caicedo depicts the modern social crisis of Colombian society in a setting of the quotidian and the generational.
Sadly enough, 25 years after the suicide of the author, Colombian social structures have not changed at all, and the crisis is probably worse.

This Novella presents the best qualities of this Colombian author. His incredible style is displayed in this story of music, drugs, and decadence. A fundamental piece in any book collection!

It tells the story of Maria del Carmen Huerta, a high middle class girl, and her changes in society by taking new experiences. Since the beginning of the book the "caicedian language" (unique - full of horror apetite, strange and weird scenes, melancholy, drug situations, "teen responsability", street life, rock and salsa music, comedy full of tragedy and film addiction) will inmediately filter through the eye-pores and reach in the mind's fine pleasure for "new" literature.

Andrés Caicedo was born in Cali, Colombia in 1951 and commited suicide at the same city in 1977 and though that living more than 25 years was a lack of sense. He was influenced by authors such as Poe and H.P. Lovecraft. He loved films, theatre and literature. Also the Rolling Stones. Young people are discovering this author as a "new" one. This means that he still influences in new readers and his style is unique.

This book is great. It is a nice story that also teaches children about migrant farm workers. I love reading it.

I really enjoyed this well-written story about migrant workers going from place to place to pick crops. Instead of being isolated, the young man in the story listens to the Spanish-speaking stations wherever he goes and the radio gives him a sense of connection to his friends. It reminds me of the power of the radio stations across Mexico, especially San Miguel de Allende, where a tourist lost all his money by dropping his wallet and within minutes someone found it and took it to the radio station. He cried when he got his money back--all of it.

Radio Man is a book that as a teacher, I can't wait to use in my classroom. So often, students do not understand what it is like to live the life of a migrant worker. Using Artur Dorros' story as a road map, one can bring to light and discuss with children many issues that afect the migrant workers. Why do they always move? Where do they live? What happens to their friends? Why do kids have to work? Questions such as this might arise as you read the book with your child. I feel it is a great book because it allows you to expose your children to a part of life that is not discussed very often but definitely afects the Latino population.

A touching story. Everytime I tell this story (I am a storyteller) when I visit schools, I get comments from the teachers and the students. A little fourth grader came up to me her eyes shinning with pride and a big smile and said: "I am one of them, I pick cucumbers and tomatoes in Ohio." Teachers, and even a principal, have come to me with tears in their eyes and said: "That was me, thank you for the story." It is a great book to share with students, to give a voice to the migrants who do so much for us, who pick the crops all over the United States so we can then enjoy them!

In a family of migrant farm workers, Diego's life is different than that of other children, as his parents, brothers and sisters travel all over the southwestern states picking crops. Known by his friends as "Radio Man", Diego is never without the radio, the voice of the announcer trumpeting the states they pass through, the weather and the news. Diego's radio his constant companion, it is a reminder of where they have been and where they are going, repeating the familiar names of towns along the way, from Texas to Arizona to California, even to Washington, where the apple season is ripe for the picking.

In Texas, Diego becomes friends with David, but the boys know they may not meet again for a long time. While he sees cousins in other worker camps, Diego is disappointed when he fails to find David among the familiar faces. One day, when the radio announcer urges listeners to call in with messages, Diego has a brilliant idea: he calls the station and sends a message to David, "Are you there?" Happily, David is listening to the radio that day and answers his friend's call.

Written in English and Spanish, the story accentuates the very different world of migrant farm workers, where friendships are often difficult to maintain as families move from place to place earning a living. But thanks to his radio, Diego is able to locate David again, thrilled that his message is heard by the very person for which it was intended. Although the bilingual format isn't as user-friendly in the English as the Spanish, the story is poignant and instructive, a rare peek behind the many faces of our society, revealing the everyday concerns of a young boy searching for his friend. Luan Gaines/2006.

This book is a book about timeless virtues and friendship. It is book about rising to find one's place in society. With newer books today attempting to push political special interests, this is a personal message. The story shows how one can rise with a simple positive character and persistence. These stories should be brought to the forefront in today's education. A simple warm and inspirational story for young and old alike. I wish I had the power and will to bring these to all middle schools and other young people.

This is a realistic book about a young boy doing "good" and in turn he has many lucky breaks. It is supposed to be a child's book, but I don't know how many children would voluntarily read this. I read it for my Children's Literature class and I loved it! It deals with a less severe form of didactism, which is a nice change. It is a fast read also.

Great writing and an excellent read. Truly a delight. I highly recommend it.

i have read Ragged Dick in paperback recently and found it to be a very well written book that is fast paced and easy to relate to as wellas understand.i highly recommend Ragged Dick;to all school children,as well as adults.

Published in 1867, RAGGED DICK was both Horatio Alger Jr.'s first and most popular work. Like all Alger's novels, it is extremely diadactic and exists to promote specific values: hard work, thrift, honesty, integrity, and bravery. Given this, one would expect it to be a dry read, but Alger takes pains to paint his story in bright colors: the novel swirls with shops, crowds, and a range of characters, and while it could not be called exciting in any modern sense it nonetheless remains unexpectedly readable to this day.

The title character is Richard Hunter, better known as Ragged Dick, an orphan living on the streets of New York and scraping a living as a shoe shine boy. Although he is quick witted and has a basic morality, he lacks direction--but when he is employed to act as a guide to the city to Frank Whitney, a boy of his own age, he is impressed with Frank's manners and education and determines to better himself. Dick later meets Henry Fosdick, an educated youth who has fallen on hard times through no fault of his own, and Fosdick agrees to tutor Dick. They take a room together and, with the aid of kindly Mr. Greyson and a sudden twist of fate, are soon on the road to financial security and social respectability.

Throughout Alger's career critics frequently complained that the ultimate success of his heroes actually depended more on pure luck than upon any of the values Alger so carefully preached. This is certainly true of RAGGED DICK; although he faces considerable adversity, at his worst moments he is always fortunate enough to find a sympathetic older man who is willing to reward him--and some times spectacularly so. This may arise from the fact that Alger himself tended to be fortunate in precisely this way throughout his life, and when success came to him, he made an effort to help boys in exactly the way that his many novels describe.

This may not have been entirely altruistic. While his defenders dismiss it as so much gossip, various records pertaining to Alger's brief work as a Unitarian minister indicate that he was removed from the ministry due to questionable relationships with teenage boys, and other documents include comments by Alger which seem to support this. Interestingly, however, once fame placed him in the public eye no further scandal arose, and it may be that he was able to subliminate his sexual interests into artistic ones. Still, it would be very easy to turn a Freudian eye upon his novels, which inevitably involve a young boy being rewarded in some form or fashion by an older man.

Whatever the case, RAGGED DICK--and indeed all the Alger novels--are perfectly harmless so far as young readers are concerned, and the quality of writing is very good indeed. Teenagers brought up on what passes for youth-fiction these days will likely to find it tough going, but most adult readers will find it a mildly amusing return to innocence.

GFT, Amazon Reviewer

My Spanish-speaking students really appreciated having the opportunity to experience The Outsiders along with the other students. Thanks for your prompt service!

I bought this book as an aid for three new English language learners that came to our high school last year. These three students are very intelligent, and have rapidly improved their language abilities over the 9 months since they arrived. This semester, when they were assigned 9th grade English Literature, we needed to find a way for them to participate in the same novels, and the same material as others to earn the credits. "The Outsiders" is a fantastic, but difficult book for students like them. I bought five copies of "Rebeldes" and they are now reading alongside their American peers. The students have really gotten into the story, and are enjoying seeing the movie in English. Thanks to the availability of such novels through Amazon, I'm expecting a successful conclusion to 9th grade Lit for these three motivated teens!

Having multiple languages in a single classroom can be achallenge, but with great young adult literature in Spanish it makes it a little easier.

Unlike what the editorial review states, this book is not about 2 young men from New York. Rather, this is the Spanish translation of The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton's first and most popular book. It's about 3 teenagers and their gang from the wrong side of the tracks in 1960s Tulsa, Okla. It's a great book about friendship and growing up and I would encourage anyone to read it. If you can read the English edition, do - it flows a lot better and is more realistic.

The impact that this book had on me was amazing. I have read this book 54 times since I was 10. I just felt so connected to it. I would (and do)recomend it to every one I know. Adult and child!

Another classic for any children's book collection. This German-language book is fantastic for educational use (I'm a MS & HS German teacher) as well as to teach young ones the importance of sharing. The pictures are beautiful as well.

This book is a must have for all children libraries! even as a grown up you learn the very important message from Rainbowfish and his friends. the pcitures are beautiful, full of color without being confusing to a child's eyes. The text is easy to read and understand.

Is an excellent book for little ones who are learning or knows german languaje.

My three year old daughter loves Regenbogenfisch, and we read the story often. The illustrations are beautiful. I am also using this book to help teach my daughter and some of her friends German, which they love. It has a sweet story about sharing that children can relate to.

My husband is teaching my two kids German as a second language and this book with the glittering pictures and excellent story is perfect. The kids get very excited when he brings it out. It's amazing how quickly kids can pick up a second language when the learning materials are fun. To anyone who wants to teach their kids German: skip the stuff made to teach a language and buy Marcus Pfister's books translated in German. Your kids won't be able to get enough of them!