Elogiado por la crítica, admirado por lectores de todas las edades, en escuelas y universidades de todo el país y traducido a una multitud de idiomas, La casa en Mango Street es la extraordinaria historia de Esperanza Cordero. Contado a través de una serie de viñetas a veces desgarradoras, a veces profundamente alegres es el relato de una niña latina que crece en un barrio de Chicago, inventando por sí misma en qué y en quién se convertirá.

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When he is called to the principal's office, George hurries to explain that other people were to blame for the many things that went wrong during the day, from his late arrival to the escape of some mice. Sumario en español: Cuando le llaman a la oficina del director del escuela, George se apresura para explicar que otros tiene la culpa por las muchas cosas que fueron mal durante el día, de su llegada con retraso al escape de algunos ratones.

When Jack sells his family cow for magic beans, his mother is anything but pleased, but soon the beans sprout into a towering beanstalk that leads to a castle filled with gold and other treasures. Written in Spanish and in graphic-novel format.

Peppy rhymes present the humorous side to a common ailment.

The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing any older.

When a storm strikes a cargo ship, ten rubber ducks are tossed overboard and swept off in ten different directions. The rubber duck's squeak is reproduced at the end of the book. Based on a factual incident.

A child living in the Arctic learns that a mother's love is unconditional.

The letters that ten-year-old Christoph and his uncle exchange show how Christoph's feelings for Mr. Beethoven, the eccentric boarder that shares his house, change from anger and embarrassment to compassion and admiration.

Although Alexander and his money are quickly parted, he comes to realize all the things that can be done with a dollar.