¡Primera caída!

A picture book debut by an award-winning author about a boy's life on the U.S.-Mexico border, visiting his favorite places on The Other Side with his father, spending time with family and friends, and sharing in the responsibility of community care. Early one Saturday morning, a boy prepares for a trip to The Other Side/El Otro Lado. It's close--just down the street from his school--and it's a twin of where he lives. To get there, his father drives their truck along the Rio Grande and over a bridge, where they're greeted by a giant statue of an eagle. Their outings always include a meal at...

Eddy tries to get rid of his teddy bear which always comes back, until he finally succeeds-- much to his dismay.

Es el cumpleaños de Otto y con tinta de calamar ha escrito una bella invitación: "Hoy cumplo años y lo quiero celebrar con todos mis amigos. Sé que vas a venir. ¡Con qué alegría te voy a abrazar! -Otto." Mario, el caballito de mar, ha sido el primero en recibir la tarjeta. No sabe si alegrarse o asustarse de ser el número 1 en la lista de invitados. Porque el abrazo de Otto no es un abrazo cualquiera. ¿Alguien sabe cuántos brazos tiene un pulpo?

The backdrop for the life and loves of a member of the small-town upper class is a village, population 13. With his feelings strangled by the snobbish standards set for him by his mother, all he can do is rebel on the inside. His only friend and drinking buddy is a retired sailor named Ismael. Ismael, no longer able to work and tired out by all the things he has done in his life, has returned to his home to die. But life, through the skills of an old witch, offers him one shady chance to become young again, which Ismael turns down. Hidden feelings in the heart of people who have felt how...