El oscuro secreto (Alas de fuego 4)

Each of these humorous books features a young boy or girl who feels bored, lonely, worried, or unfairly treated. Each child discusses the way he or she reacts to these emotions and comes up with ideas to overcome them. Knowing that other children-and even adults, as the stories point out-share these feelings is a great comfort for kids. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

The characters from The Lonely Mailman and A Mystery in the Forest return in a story about bullying and the importance of speaking up when it happens around us. A little beaver with droopy ears and a sad expression. A mischievous boar. And a squirrel who doesn’t miss a thing. Little Beaver always went unnoticed. At school, he always sat in the back of the classroom; in the forest, he would hide behind the trees so that no one would spot him. However, although he would have wished to be invisible, misfortune and setbacks haunted him. Little Beaver seemed like bad luck’s shadow. But... Why...

"Esta no es la típica historia de piratas. Bueno, hay piratas, aventuras, veleros, villanos, tesoros, animales salvajes ... Pero a veces las apariencias engañan. Únete a la pandilla Pirata y descubre los secretos que alberga la misteriosa Isla Cocina."--Casadellibro.

A day at the beach is no fun if it's raining. In this illustrated story, the main character and her cousin make the most of a rainy day by staying indoors and doing a special craft project together. Readers follow along as the two girls construct and decorate their very own kites. Accessible text is perfect for beginning readers, and close picture-text correlation fosters reading comprehension skills. After reading about this fun craft project, children will be excited to stay inside the next time it rains.