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Antologia de la literatura fantastica reune textos exquisitos seleccionados por los tres escritores argentinos mas renombrados en el mundo. Entre los textos seleccionados figuran: John Aubrey, Max Beerbohm, Jose Bianco, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Leon Bloy, Jorge Luis Borges, Delia Ingenieros, Martin Buber, Richard Burton, Arturo Cancela, Pilar de Lusarreta, Thomas Carlyle, Lewis Carrol, Jean Cocteau, Julio Cortazar, G.K Chesterton, Chuang Tzu/, Santiago Davobe, Alexandra David- Neel, Lord Dunsany, Macedonio Fernandez, James George Frazer, George Frost, Elena Garro, Giles Holloway Horn. ... Read more

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A wonderful experience...
"Antología de la literatura fantástica" delivers exactly what the title promises: a selection of short stories with something in common, fantasy. But what is "fantasy"?. The dictionary says that it is "fiction characterized by highly fanciful or supernatural elements", but I think that it is also literature that amazes and bewilders us, freeing the reader from reality and introducing him to other worlds, other possibilities...

The selection of the short stories included in "Antología de la literatura fantástica" was made by Jorge Luis Borges, Adolfo Bioy Casares and Silvina Ocampo, three well-known argentinian writers that somehow managed to choose the perfect stories that enabled them to give the reader a good idea of what fantasy is really about. Some of the authors included in this selection are Thomas Carlyle, Julio Cortázar, G. K. Chesterton, Chuang Tzu, James Joyce, F. Kafka, Guy de Maupassant, Giovanni Papini, E. A. Poe, Saki, F. Rabelais, A. B. Casares, J. L. Borges, S. Ocampo and H. G. Wells.

I really enjoyed this book, and I specially appreciated the fact that it comprises stories written by different authors, because that didn't allow me to get bored. Each author has his distinctive style, and a different way of charming the reader, but all achieve just that. On the whole, reading this book was a wonderful experience, and I can recommend it to you.

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Alona Frankel's best-selling Once Upon a Potty books, featuring the two loveable characters Prudence and Joshua, are now available in a Spanish language edition.

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outdated? not anymore
We try to be an eco-concious family so the cloth diaper illustrations actually suits my daughters experience since that is what she uses now in 2008. She is 15 month and we started to read this book 2 weeks ago. She loves the book and spends time by herself flipping the pages. She also grabs the book for us to read it to her. In this this 2 weeks she is already familiar with the potty (bacinica) even though we have a totally different one. Don't under estimate your child, you'll be amaze at the connections they are making.

Great for Spanish-speaking caregivers!
I bought this book for my 18 month old son.We have been introducing him to the potty and he has the book in English--every time I say, "It's time to go to the potty!" he runs to find the book and then sits and turns the pages, pointing out and naming all the parts of the little boy's body. (So it's obviously great in English too:) My son goes to a babysitter who speaks almost no English, and so I try to pick up the books he has in English, in Spanish.I couldn't find this one in any store in NYC--strange, I thought--so I just ordered it and it came promptly and he is using the potty at the babysitter's now, too!

A "potty classic", but too abstract.
I think this is a cute, clever book, but it's a little abstract. The "chamber pot" that he uses as a potty looks nothing like today's potty chairs or toilets, so I'm not sure my child ever made the connection. (Especially since half of the book talks about "Is it a hat? Is it a flower vase? etc") There are other, more modern, books out there that I think gets kids' attention more.

This book taught my little boy so much!!!
This book is Great!! My little boy looks at the pictures every time he goes. ... Read more

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Brian Wildsmith knows that small children love looking at and naming farm animals. In this delightful book children can also learn the sounds that each animal makes as they have fun imitating the sounds. As always, Wildsmith's joyful depiction of animals conveys his affection for all living things. Available in English, Spanish, Eng/Spanish bilingual, Eng/French Canadian bilingual, Chinese (traditional), Chinese (simplified), Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese and Navajo editions. ... Read more

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a different approach
I really liked the differences in the "sounds" that the farm animals make from one culture to another. ... Read more

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Learning a new language is a fun and challenging feat for students at every level. Perfect for those just starting out or returning to Spanish after time away, Spanish Essentials For Dummies focuses on core concepts taught (and tested on!) in a typical introductory Spanish course. From adjectives and adverbs to understanding tenses and asking questions, students will skip the suffering and score high marks at exam time with the help of Spanish Essentials For Dummies. This guide is also a perfect reference for parents who need to review critical Spanish concepts as they help students with homework assignments, as well as for adult learners headed back to the classroom who just want to be brush up on the core concepts.

The Essentials For Dummies Series
Dummies is proud to present our new series, The Essentials For Dummies. Now students who are prepping for exams, preparing to study new material, or who just need a refresher can have a concise, easy-to-understand review guide that covers an entire course by concentrating solely on the most important concepts. From algebra and chemistry to grammar and Spanish, our expert authors focus on the skills students most need to succeed in a subject. ... Read more

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This book has large pictures for looking and talking, surrounded by small, labelled pictures of 1000 of the most familiar things, to build up and practice Spanish v ocabulary. This is backed up by an alphabetical word list wi th pronunciation guides. ' ... Read more

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It's the best Spanish book ever.
The book is a fantastic and fun book to read. It will help others who are learning Spanish and it helps me too. Spanish is one of my most favorite languages.
My favorite pages are 44-45. Two other of my favorite pages are 36-37.This book is a interesting and easy way to learn Spanish.I love it!
Johnny, age 10.

Great Pictures, interesting book
I purchased this book for my three year old.She loves the pictures and we play find-it type games with them (ala - Waldo).The only real downfall is that while the Spanish words for many of the items in the picture are around the edges of each page, no pronunciation is included.I'm sure that's no big deal for parents who already speak Spanish, but unfortunately, I cannot read the words to my daughter since I don't know the Spanish rules for pronunciation.Sure, you can go to the internet and after typing in the page number and going through several clicks, hear a single sound clip of the word.That doesn't help me at bedtime, though.I would love to see a phonetic pronunciation under each word.Then, we'd be set!

Fun, Friendly, and Factual
Tired of boring and bland spanish tools? This book is bursting with vivid, whimsical, illustrations depicting everyday life with humor and clarity that will attract even beginning adult students. The apealing story type pictures not only define spanish words, but they also promote spanish interaction between reader and child or student with student. On "la cocina" page, a father washes dises amidst a swirling pandemonium of dropping dishes, spilt juice, and a todler with a pot on his head. A teacher or parent could easily springboard off of this illustration to begin to form whole sentences based on the action in the picture.

This intriguing book is sure to be a winner with you and children alike.

Learning Spanish for a missions trip
This book really helped me work on my pronunciation and vocabulary for a mission trip I took to Mexico in early January.I plan on passing it on to my daughter as she gets older...

Not recommended as one's primary resource to learn Spanish
There are pictures with the corresponding Spanish definition but the literal English translation is not included.I find this to be a bit challenging for some of the items as there can be multiple English words referring to a single object and without the exact English translation you aren't sure.For example, there is a picture of a 3 drawer dresser defined as comoda.In English this could be nightstand, dresser, bureau...Also some of the pictures are difficult to distinguish.One page has a picture of a sheet and of a pillow and they look almost identical. ... Read more

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The monster is a key figure in Spanish early modern cultural production, both literary and artistic. It embodies a revolutionary fictional discourse that reflects violence and ugliness, but also freedom and spectacle. Minana focuses on three of Miguel de Cervantes' most representative works. Employing both close readings and monster theory, Minana argues that Cervantes' protagonists--as well as the very discourse that forges them--are monstrous: extreme, beyond the norm, threatening and threatened, spectacular, and fluid in identity, form, and behavior. As extraordinary beings that test the limits of identity and narrative, Minana argues, Cervantine talking monsters ultimately reveal the interpretive and discursive nature of the modern subject. ... Read more

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Teaches children letter recognition and the alphabet with pages of delightul illustrations.

Teach children letter recognition and the alphabet with the use of cognates (words that look similar across languages). Research has proven that cognates are among the best tools for introducing two languages simultaneously to children. The pages are bursting with delightful illustrations of toys, musical instruments, as well as ñandús, queztals, and other exotic creatures native to South and Central America-all in bright and cheerful colors. Learning the alphabet has never been this fun! 32 pages, 4.75" x 5.875"

Enseña a los niños a reconocer las letras del alfabeto con páginas de encantadoras ilustraciones.

Enseñe a sus hijos a reconocer las letras del alfabeto mediante cognados (palabras que son similares en uno y otro idioma). Investigaciones han demostrado que los cognados constituyen una de las mejores herramientas para presentar a los niños dos idiomas de modo simultáneo. Las páginas están llenas de encantadoras ilustraciones de juguetes e instrumentos musicales, así como de ñandúes, quetzales y otras criaturas exóticas nativas de Centroamérica y Suramérica, todo esto en brillantes y vivaces colores. ¡Nunca había sido tan divertido aprender el alfabeto! 32 páginas, 4.75" x 5.875"

The Benefits and Features of the English ·Spanish Foundations series include:
• Helps teach vocabulary and other oral language concepts
• Summary page at the end to recap and instruct
• Helps kids get ready to read
• Helps develop phonemic, print, and numeric awareness
• Large bright colorful pictures to keep kids engaged
• Rounded corners for children s safety
• Laminated to protect from spills
• Board book so they can last
• Great size for little hands
• Simple but engaging text
• Useful for beginning Spanish at any level
• Useful for beginning English at any level

Our Guiding Principles:
• We believe that every child should be read to from birth.
• We believe every child should be taught at least two languages.
• We strive to surpass each customer's expectations.
• We will only produce the highest quality products.

Our Vision:
me+mi publishing will be a company that is recognized for producing the finest dual language products that allow children to function at a high level equally well in English and Spanish.

Awards:
me+mi publishing has received the following literary awards:
• Benjamin Franklin Award
• Chicago Book Clinic Book and Media Show
• Latino Literary Hall of Fame Mariposa Award
• Latino Literary Hall of Fame
• Latino Literary Hall of Fame Honorable Mention
• Writer s Digest Certificate of Merit

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Customer Reviews (14)

Great for developing bilingual students!
I am a first grade teacher, working with students who speak Spanish at home, but are learning English, and learning in English at school.My students are just beginning to develop their English vocabulary, so it is difficult to teach them letter sounds.If I show them a picture of cat, and say "C is for Cat," they get confused and think "C is for Gato".As a result, we have been talking a lot about "magic words," words that begin with similar sounds in English and Spanish.I can tell them "C is for Car," and even if they think "C is for Carro," they are still able to learn the correct letter/sound correspondence.This book is useful because it includes these "magic words" for each letter of the alphabet.As another reviewer commented, some of the words are sort of strange, ("W is for Washington"?).But, for the most part, this book is very useful for children who are just beginning to develop a vocabulary in English or Spanish, yet need to develop an understanding of the letter/sound correspondence in either language.I would recommend this book for any students (pre-school through 3rd grade) who need to develop literacy skills in English, but have a stronger Spanish vocabulary (or vice versa).

Great book
This is a great book for teaching both English and Spanish alphabet.The did a good job at selecting matching pictures to the letters in both languages.There are a couple that just could have been better.Like the letter "w" the image is of a quarter and the word is "washington".A bit confusing. So I just tell my son that its a president George Washington on the quarter.Also, it omitted the "rr".Otherwise the book is great. I would definitely buy it again.

If you want to teach your child Spanish...
I have purchased several Spanish books on Amazon and as always make many of my purchases based on the reviews of those who have gone before me. My daughter is trying to teach my granddaughter how to speak Spanish and she loved this book. Of course she loved sucking on the corners too but it was colorful, well planned out and joyful.

Attractive Book
This is a colorful book, and my 4-year-old daughter likes it a lot.She carefully repeats the Spanish words after me.The only draw-back is that there is no pronounciation guide, so the grown-up needs to know their Spanish alphabet already.

W is for Washington?
Before I begin my critique, I must say that my three kids have all enjoyed hearing this book at the appropriate age. The illustrations, by Michele Noiset, are bright, clear, fun, and functional. Most of the items depicted in this ABC book are interesting and/or familiar to young children (train, ocean, juice).

BUT there are inherent difficulties in portraying ABC-linked items in English and Spanish. What do I mean? Well, Spanish has very few, if any, words that begin with "W". So, in this book, the "W" page has a 1978 George Washington quarter for its illustration. What USEFUL word do our aspiring bilinguists learn from this page? "Washington". Similarly, "Y" is for "yo-yo" in both languages, and 'R' is for "robot". As far as I'm concerned, this is "lame/lamé".

The next difficulty (closely related to the first) is that español has three more "letters" than English has: "ch" ("chay), "ll" ("el-yay"), and "ñ" ("en-nyay"). Fact is, NO English-only words begin with these "letters". That means that this book gives us "chimpanzee" (spelled identically in both languages), "llama" (fine, but there's no pronunciation guide to distinguish between the two), and "ñandu", which the authors and editors had to acquiesce, has no English equivalent. (It's a an emu-sort-of thing.)

I wouldn't bother with this book unless you get it practically free. There are many better ABC books and there are many better (i.e. more educational) English-Spanish/español/inglés books on the market. ... Read more

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Un texto poderoso y magnífico que obra el milagro de llenar de pasión la lectura misma.

La emoción, la belleza, el sentido trágico y al mismo tiempo grotesco de las grandes -altas y bajas- pasiones humanas hallan en La Celestina una de sus más intensas expresiones. El «loco amor» de Calisto y Melibea, enhebrado con los hilos de una «bruja», Celestina, culmina fatalmente con la muerte de ambos. Fernando de Rojas es capaz de contarnos esa historia con una habilidad insospechada, que ata al lector a un texto poderoso y magnífico y que obra el milagro de llenar de pasión la lectura misma. ... Read more

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Juan Goytisolo has radically revised his masterpiece Juan the Landless for this new translation by renowned translator Peter Bush. Marking a turning point in Goytisolo's work from outright hostility for his homeland towards a growing appreciation and celebration of the many Muslim contributions to western culture, Juan the Landless is a desperate, sympathetic, erotic, and anarchic attempt by the greatest living novelist from Spain to reconcile himself to seeing the world as a man without a home, without a country. ... Read more

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Full-color photographs and familiar words illustrate five important concepts to small children: colors, numbers, shapes, opposites, and noises. Each word serves as a label for a picture, and appears in two languages: English and Spanish. ... Read more

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Great for the very young
I really like how simple this book is. The photos, rather than cartoons, really hold my children's and my students' interest, and they have fun just pointing and listening as I say the words. If you're not familiar with Spanish pronunciation, though, be careful, there's no phonetic spelling... so get a good guide along side with this if this is your first introduction to Spanish.
Another HUGE pro is how heavy the pages are. They are even heavier than cardboard, and nice and slick, and so far have lasted through five years of weekly Spanish students, as well as my own four children!

Sra. Gose
Author of Spanish Fun Activity Calendar

My World of Spanish Words
This book contains wonderful photos, color and translations of everyday words that children use in Spanish and English.I would recommend this book for anyone trying to teach their child either language. ... Read more

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El agente Gabriel Syme es reclutado por Scotland Yard para solucionar el caso de una trama anarquista y para ello debera infiltrarse en una de sus reuniones secretas. Gracias a su facilidad de palabra e ingenio, Syme consigue ser elegido representante local del Consejo de Anarquistas y recibe el nombre de Jueves. Pero pronto descubre que el resto de los miembros son tambiém policias infiltrados y que todo se trata de un plan ideado por Domingo, el enigmatico lider del Consejo. ... Read more

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Few events have stirred the emotions and caught the imaginations of intellectuals as did the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39. The Spanish Civil War in Literature examines the diverse literatures that the war inspired: a literature relating directly to the war, a literature of exile arising from the forty-year dictatorship of Francisco Franco, and a polemical literature embracing pro-Franco and Loyalist sympathies.

In this book, specialists from a variety of fields explore these literatures within comparative and interdisciplinary frameworks. They reflect upon film, poetry, novels, painting, discourse, biography, and propaganda. The essays are grouped according to the original languages of the works they discuss--French, Russian, English, and Spanish. ... Read more

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This series of full-color board books, with both English and Spanish on each page, will intrigue youngsters while helping them build vocabulary and an awareness of the world around them.

The books feature charming illustrations and thoughtfully chosen words, offering an enchanting introduction to vocabulary. ... Read more

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English-speaking children are introduced to Spanish as a second language and have fun as they learn 50 important Spanish phrases. The book is filled with a color illustrations and variety of word games to keep kids interested. The phrases and their translations cover greeting friends, knowing colors and numbers, giving names to many different foods and drinks, and naming familiar objects such as books and paper, as well as animals such as dogs and cats. The book also includes an extra vocabulary list, a simple pronunciation guide, and a summary of all words and phrases on the last page and both inside covers. ... Read more

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Beginning Spanish Conversation
Excellent book to begin learning to speak Spanish ... great choice of phrases, words, and the actions and storylines are easyily understood and appreciated!

Very nice way to work through beginning Spanish conversations! ... Read more

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The essential dictionary for any child learning English or Spanish as a second language.

With 12,000 terms in each language and 2,000 illustrations covering more than 500 topics, The Firefly Spanish/English Junior Visual Dictionary shows what other bilingual dictionaries just cannot -- words translated as labels on computer-generated color illustrations. The topics cover a broad range -- everything from an airport layout to the human circulatory system, from electricity to the parts of a shoe.

The dictionary is organized into 22 color-coded themes that include, among others, astronomy, geography, the animal and plant kingdoms, the environment, the human being, food, science, transportation and machinery, the arts, and sports.

Each key word or phrase is connected to a detailed illustration, making identification quick and accurate. The Spanish term is identified by gender, helping the reader with correct usage. Two extensive indexes, one in English and the other in Spanish, make it fast and simple to find a term in either language.

This visual reference is educational and fun to use, making it valuable in helping young readers learn Spanish or English as a second language. ... Read more

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A Beautiful Book for the Classroom
This is a beautiful book for visual learners.It covers an immense variety of topics with wonderful drawings.I keep it by my computer for a reference, but usually end up leafing through for a half-an-hour because it is so engaging.It would be a great classroom resource for Speech-Language Pathologist who wants to draw students into conversation on specific vocabulary as it is arranged by catagory. ... Read more

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Covers the whole field of literature written in the languages of Spain from Roman times to the present, including the literatures of Latin America alongside those of peninsular Spain (Basque, Catalan, and Galician as well as Castilian). ... Read more

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Essential!One of my most prized possessions.
I turn to this book nearly every day for a quick refresher on the dates, publications, thematic interests,etc. of major Spanish and Spanish American writers.The Companion has long nourished my pasion for the great body of literature available in Spanish. The articles are succinct and informative and the breadth of coverage is remarkable.I very much hope a new edition comes out at some point, as I have been using this edition since high school.
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From the pharaoh and his courtiers, through the mystical rites of the priests, to the world of the workers in the fields, discover the Nile valley civilizations, what was inside the Great Pyramid at Giza, how Tutankhamun's tomb was found, what went on in the temples of Ancient Egypt and how hieroglyphics were deciphered. And much, much more!

Favorite Eyewitness titles are now available in Spanish-language editions for American readers. With the help of special language consultants, each book has been expertly translated with U.S. Spanish speakers in mind, offering native speakers and language students alike the opportunity to experience the truly unique resource that is Eyewitness. ... Read more