Lauren Castillo

A preschooler marks the progress of her day, not by the clock but by what happens after lunch, after nap, after swimming, after the library - and after Daddy comes home. She doesn't map her neighborhood by street signs, either. Her morning walk to see dogs in the park takes her past the cat outside the deli, past her friend Errolyn's building and the daycare where she used to go when she was little, and down the block to the bagel store. The sounds,...

Un cuento puede empezar con unas palabras en una página, pero evoluciona y se convierte en mucho más. Un cuento es una forma de explorar nuevas ideas, reunir a las personas y ayudar a darle sentido al mundo. Los cuentos quizá empiecen con poco, pero pueden crecer infinitamente... y, sobre todo, también pueden hacerlo sus lectores. John Schu, uno de los maestros y bibliotecarios más queridos de Estados Unidos, celebra las maravillas de la lectura,...

For soccer games Sierra rides a bus out of the city to fields that are nicer than the "lot" in her neighborhood, but so her auntie can be at her last game, she asks Coach Marco if the team might play in her neighborhood on a day her aunt does not work. "Nada hace tan feliz a Sierra como el fútbol. Sobre todo, cuando sus zapatillas con llamas hacen que el balón ruede por el inmenso mar de grama limpia. Pero, al mismo tiempo, nada la pone tan triste...

Big Cat Pepper has always been part of the family, but after he grows very old and dies, the boy who loves him comes to understand his mother's reassurance that "his spirit is forever and can fly, fly, fly."

Told he must give up his favorite, now too-small, shoes, Alfie leaves home, but not before his mother persuades him to take all of the things he might need while he is gone.

When a father and child go fishing together, each does certain things his own way, and both have a wonderful day.

When a family has to leave their house and move to a small apartment, they learn that, while it may be hard to let go of things, all they really need is each other.