INFANTILES Y JUVENILES

El Sol ha salido y está brillando, y el pequeño vampiro Vlad está arropado en el ataúd..., pero los CHAC-CHAC, ÑEEEC y CLANC le tienen imaginándose todas las cosas aterradoras, luminosas y brillantes que hay ahí fuera. Por suerte, su mamá sabe qué debe decir para hacer que se sienta bien y que pueda descansar tranquilamente. Con un texto inteligente y lleno de ilustraciones muy detalladas, ésta es la perfecta historia para leer antes de ir a dormir para cualquier niño (o vampiro) que necesite que le aseguren que es seguro irse a dormir.

Este clásico contemporáneo de la literatura infantil mundial fue traducido a más de 30 lenguas. Desde su primera edición -publicada en Alemania en 1961- hasta la actualidad, muchas generaciones de niños crecieron con la historia de estos peculiares personajes, excelentemente caracterizados con sus originales atuendos y con un atípico instrumental para cometer fechorías. El relato destaca por su carácter descriptivo, el orden narrativo de las acciones y la sencillez con la que Ungerer guía al lector. Las ilustraciones ayudan a la comprensión de la historia: el contraste cromático, la expresividad en cada escena y el aspecto enigmático de los bandidos son los elementos más significativos.

When Natalie Campbell sets out on a class trip to Greece, she knows that checking off a summer bucket list with her best friend, Liam, is the perfect way to deal (or rather, not deal) with her new OCD diagnosis she’s doing a beautiful job of ignoring. But when she grows closer with their Greek instructor’s daughter, Melanie, Natalie’s summer plans may be ruined in the best way possible. Natalie soon finds herself sneaking on boat rides to hidden beaches, taking secret midnight hikes to ancient ruins, and jetting off to nearby islands with Melanie as her guide. Falling for Melanie should be smooth sailing. Only Natalie can’t help but think—and overthink—that love is equally thrilling and terrifying at the same time. Can she learn that sometimes the biggest adventures come with following your heart?

Like an avenging, purple-haired Jedi bringing balance to the mansplained universe, Bee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering project—a literal dream come true after years scraping by on the crumbs of academia—Marie would accept without hesitation. Duh. But the mother of modern physics never had to co-lead with Levi Ward.   Sure, Levi is attractive in a tall, dark, and piercing-eyes kind of way. And sure, he caught her in his powerfully corded arms like a romance novel hero when she accidentally damseled in distress on her first day in the lab. But Levi made his feelings toward Bee very clear in grad school—archenemies work best employed in their own galaxies far, far away.   Now, her equipment is missing, the staff is ignoring her, and Bee finds her floundering career in somewhat of a pickle. Perhaps it’s her occipital cortex playing tricks on her, but Bee could swear she can see Levi softening into an ally, backing her plays, seconding her ideas…devouring her with those eyes. And the possibilities have all her neurons firing. But when it comes time to actually make a move and put her heart on the line, there’s only one question that matters: What will Bee Königswasser do?

Every dog has a tail. Every tail has a tale. Some tails are long. And some tails are short and sweet. Some tails are new. And some tails end too soon. But, no matter the tale, every tail has a happy ending, every tail wiggles and wags, which is a dog’s way of saying . . . I love you!