Mostrando resultados por "The night diary Veera Hiranandani" en Todas las categorías

At the turn of the new year in 1948, Amil and his family are trying to make a home in India, now independent of British rule. Both Muslim and Hindu, twelve-year-old Amil is not sure what home means anymore. The memory of the long and difficult journey from their hometown in what is now Pakistan lives with him. And despite having an apartment in Bombay to live in and a school to attend, life in India feels uncertain.

Mma lives and works in Johannesburg, far from the village 13-year-old Naledi and her younger brother, Tiro, call home. When their baby sister suddenly becomes very sick, Naledi and Tiro know that they need to bring their mother back in order to save their sister’s life. Bravely, secretly, they set off on the long journey to the big city to find Mma. It isn’t until they finally reach Jo’burg that they see up close what life is like for black citizens across South Africa — and begin to really question the unfair and dangerous laws of apartheid.

Twelve-year-old Nozomi lives in the Japanese city of Hiroshima. She wasn't even born when the bombing of Hiroshima took place. Every year Nozomi joins her family at the lantern-floating ceremony to honor those lost in the bombing. People write the names of their deceased loved ones along with messages of peace, on paper lanterns and set them afloat on the river.

When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William's windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land.

When Pacy’s mom tells her that this is a good year for friends, family, and “finding herself,” Pacy begins searching right away. As the year goes on, she struggles to find her talent, deals with disappointment, makes a new best friend, and discovers just why the Year of the Dog is a lucky one for her after all.

Mary Lambert has always felt safe and protected on her beloved island of Martha's Vineyard. Her great-great-grandfather was an early English settler and the first deaf islander. Now, over a hundred years later, many people there - including Mary - are deaf, and nearly everyone can communicate in sign language. Mary has never felt isolated. She is proud of her lineage. But recent events have delivered winds of change.

Seventh grade begins, and Kareem’s already fumbled it. His best friend moved away, he messed up his tryout for the football team, and because of his heritage, he was voluntold to show the new kid—a Syrian refugee with a thick and embarrassing accent—around school. Just when Kareem thinks his middle school life has imploded, the hotshot QB promises to get Kareem another tryout for the squad. There’s a catch: to secure that chance, Kareem must do something he knows is wrong.

Debut novelist Crystal Allen’s lifelong enthusiasm for bowling shines through in this gripping tale of a boy going after his dream girl—and trying not to land in too much trouble along the way. On the lanes, Lamar rolls dazzling strikes. But outside his favorite bowling alley, it’s all gutter balls with the ladies. Lamar has a few tricks up his sleeve, though, and hatches a plan to get everything he wants. Pulling off the hustle of his life, however, proves harder than the dreaded 7-10 split.

When 12-year-old Waka’s parents suspect she can’t understand the basic Japanese they speak to her, they make a drastic decision to send her to Tokyo to live for several months with her strict grandmother. Forced to say good-bye to her friends and what would have been her summer vacation, Waka is plucked from her straight-A-student life in rural Kansas and flown across the globe, where she faces the culture shock of a lifetime.

Meet Resilience, a Mars rover determined to live up to his name. Res was built to explore Mars. He was not built to have human emotions. But as he learns new things from the NASA scientists who assemble him, he begins to develop humanlike feelings. Maybe there’s a problem with his programming…. Human emotions or not, launch day comes, and Res blasts off to Mars, accompanied by a friendly drone helicopter named Fly. But Res quickly discovers that Mars is a dangerous place filled with dust storms and giant cliffs.

Celebrated artist and author Eugene Yelchin drew on his own experience growing up in Soviet Russia to pen this Newbery Honor Book. Breaking Stalin’s Nose follows 10-year-old Sasha Zaichik, who wants nothing more than to be a Young Pioneer in Stalin’s Communist Party. But when his father, a member of the State Security police, is arrested the night before the Young Pioneer ceremony, Sasha is left to re-evaluate everything he’s been taught about Stalin and what it truly means to be a good comrade.

When Lily and her family move in with her sick grandmother, a magical tiger straight out of her halmoni's Korean folktales arrives, prompting Lily to unravel a secret family history. Long, long ago, Halmoni stole something from the tigers. Now they want it back. And when one of the tigers approaches Lily with a deal - return what her grandmother stole in exchange for Halmoni's health - Lily is tempted to agree. But deals with tigers are never what they seem! With the help of her sister and her new friend Ricky, Lily must find her voice...and the courage to face a tiger.

In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man on the Moon, who knows the answers to all of life's questions. Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man on the Moon to ask him how she can change her family's fortune. She encounters an assorted cast of characters and magical creatures along the way, including a dragon who accompanies her on her quest for the ultimate answer.

Elizabeth Rusch’s A Greater Goal chronicles how members of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team fought to receive fair treatment and equal pay despite the intense pushback they received from U.S. Soccer, the governing body of soccer in the United States. With a narrative that includes player profiles and vignettes framed from team member perspectives, A Greater Goal illuminates the work, support, and grit needed to be treated with equality in a world that often undervalues the contributions of women.

Wes Henderson has the best style in sixth grade. That—and hanging out with his crew (his best friends since little-kid days) and playing video games—is what he wants to be thinking about at the start of the school year, not the protests his parents are always dragging him to. But when a real estate developer makes an offer to buy Kensington Oaks, the neighborhood Wes has lived his whole life, everything changes.

Bestias parlantes, hazañas heroicas y batallas épicas entre el bien y el mal te esperan en la clásica serie fantástica de C. S. Lewis, que lleva más de sesenta años encantando a los lectores.

Mmm...Yo sólo sé que mi abuela está loca. Ah, y que tiene la culpa de todo. Sí, ¡de todo! Siempre hay alguien culpable de que a uno le guste eso que tanto le gusta, o de que no le guste eso que nunca le ha gustado. El caso es que entre su peinado de Darth Vader, su obsesión de ganarse trofeos por los poemas que escribe y esa manía burlona de recitar versos a todo pulmón cuando bajo del autobús escolar, entre risotadas y con cara de trágame tierra (y todo para obligarme a entrar rápido a su casa), yo me estoy volviendo loco también.

Un cuento inolvidable en forma de fábula que aborda la relación de madre e hijas desde el punto de vista de una niña de siete años que ayuda a su madre a recuperar la paciencia perdida. Mariú, una niña de siete años, está muy preocupada porque su madre, aparte de perder las cosas normales, esta vez se ha quedado sin paciencia. Mariú se siente responsable, porque ha sido, en parte, por su causa y se pregunta en qué lugar fabrican la paciencia, o la prestan.

🏆 ¿Buscas una aventura que mantenga a tus hijos pegados a la página? ¡La has encontrado! "El Bosque de los Secretos" es mucho más que un simple libro infantil: es una emocionante búsqueda del tesoro que combinará misterio, amistad y aventura en cada capítulo. Daniel y Alex, dos hermanos que se mudan a una antigua casa en la campiña italiana, descubren que su nuevo hogar esconde secretos increíbles. Cuando Alex encuentra una misteriosa moneda antigua en el arroyo cercano, comienza una aventura que los llevará a: ✨ Descubrir compartimentos secretos en las paredes de su casa ✨...

Miguel, un niño de 12 años, quiere ser un músico famoso, pero su familia le tiene prohibido tocar música y le quita la guitarra. Cuando Miguel va en busca de una nueva, de pronto acaba encontrándose en un cementerio. Por una increíble coincidencia, se ve transportado a la Tierra de los Muertos, donde viven los esqueletos de sus familiares fallecidos. Sin embargo, contrario a lo que pueda parecer, la Tierra de los Muertos está llena de colores alegres y mucha vida.

¡Los niños del vagon de carga, ahora tienen casa con su abuelo, peró sus adventuras están comenzando! La primera aventura es de pasar el verano en su isla privada en campaña. La isla esta llena de sorpresas incluyendo a un buen hombre con un secreto. Esté juego incluye la versión de la historia en español y inglés.

Genial, esto va de mal en peor. Apofis anda suelto sembrando el terror allí donde va. Solo nos quedan dos días. Y, mientras, todos nos dan la espalda. Un grupo de magos rebeldes, encabezados por Sarah Jacobi, nos han acusado a Sadie y a mí de haber provocado el caos y de que Set esté en libertad. Juran que acabarán con nosotros. De los dioses, mejor ni hablar: nadie sabe dónde se han metido, y los que quedan. Nunca hemos estado tan solos y tan desesperados; solo nos queda una última oportunidad: capturar la sombra de Apofis.

Henry, Jessie, Violet y Benny son niños huérianos. ¿Encontrarán un hogar donde puedan seguir siendo una familia?

Mientras los niños Alden visitan a la tia Jane, se incendia una casa vecina. Su amigo Mike es acusado de haber iniciado el fuego. ¿Podran lost Alden encoutrar al verdadero criminal?

Allen's grandpa has never missed a baseball game until tonight. While Allen plays his most important game ever, Grandpa fights for his life at the hospital. Allen wants to win the game for his grandpa, but he's facing his biggest challenge, Hank "The Tank" Steele.

Hace muchos años un hombre desapareció do la casa amarilla de la isla de las sorpresas. ¡Los hermanos Alden han encontrado una pista para resolver este intrigante misterio!

¡Hola! Soy Lola y aquí estoy de nuevo con mi hermano Toni y nuestra pediatra favorita, Lucía, dándole la bienvenida al verano. Juntos iremos a la playa, aprenderemos la importancia de echarnos crema para protegernos del sol y nos iremos de excursión a ver delfines. ¿Tú los has visto alguna vez? Pues en estos cuentos conocerás a Fermín el delfín y a la medusa Maruxa, que me picará y tendré que ir a ver a mi pediatra, Lucía, para que me cure. Ella me explicará un montón de cosas muy interesantes que seguro que te encantarán.

Descubre un diario que no te dejará indiferente. A través una preciosa metáfora sobre la adopción escrita por la delicada mano de Mar Benegas, niños y niñas a partir de 9 años podrán conocer e identificarse o empatizar con un tema de relevancia social. Siguiendo un formato de diario auténtico, adéntrate en la historia de su protagonista y vive una realidad que es la de muchos.

Los bebes vienen en todas las formas y tamaños. Algunos tiene pelos y otros tienen plumas. Algunos pueden ser hijos únicos o ¡pueden tener más de cien hermanos! Algunos son grandes (23 pies) y algunos pequeños como una gomita en forma de judía. ¿Puedes adivinar cual es el bebé animal siguiendo las pistas de los anuncios de nacimiento?

Isadora Moon es especial porque es diferente. Su mamá es un hada, su papá un vampiro y ella tiene un poquito de los dos. A Isadora le encanta jugar en la nieve... ¡y con su magia ha creado a un nuevo amigo! Pero el hechizo no puede durar para siempre... ¿o sí?

El conejito que quiere dormirse es un nuevo método para que los niños se duerman. Traducido a varias lenguas, ha ayudado a miles de padres en todo el mundoa conseguir que sus hijos concilien el sueño gracias a las innovadoras técnicas psicológicas que aparecen a lo largo de la historia.

Canticos, la serie prescolar bilingüe, presenta “Te Quiero, Mama”, un libro ilustrado para niños pequeños, lleno de arte irresistible y rima inspiradora. Este libro es perfecto para el Dia de las Madres, el Dia de San Valentín, o cualquier ocasión que celebra el amor de nuestras madres.

Isadora Moon es especial porque es diferente. Su mamá es un hada, su papá un vampiro y ella tiene un poquito de los dos. Cuando llega el día de «Trae tu mascota al colegio» Isadora quiere llevar a Pinky, pero su prima mayor Mirabelle tiene un plan mejor. ¿Por qué no llevar un dragón? ¿Qué podría salir mal? Con una heroína única, «Isadora Moon» es una encantadora y divertida serie ideal para jóvenes lectores que quieren flores y purpurina, pero a los que también les atrae el mundo misterioso de los vampiros.