Bøker av Delia Berlin

In this dual language (English-Spanish) story, a monkey trainer is approaching her birthday. Her loving pupils plan to surprise her with a cake. Unable to read recipes, they attempt to make a layered strawberry cake by studying a picture. The results are indeed surprising!

In an effort to save their youngster from the Mighty Spirit of the Jungle, owl's parents beg the Spirit to spare the most beautiful baby from an annual sacrifice. With every intention to oblige, the Spirit decides to eat the youngster that to him looks ugliest, with sad consequences. While dramatic and tragic this folktale forces alternative perspective-taking. It teaches children the intrinsic value of objective description in communication, as well as the potential pitfalls of vanity. Several versions exist and some are titled differently, but this one is the tale I remember listening to while growing up in Argentina. Desesperados por salvar a su pichón del Espíritu Poderoso de la Selva, lechuzas madre y padre le ruegan al Espíritu que le perdone la vida al jovenzuelo más hermoso durante el sacrificio anual. Tratando de cumplir con este pedido, el Espíritu decide comerse al jovenzuelo que le parece más feo, con consecuencias tristes.Aunque dramática y trágica esta leyenda fuerza a tomar perspectivas ajenas. Enseña el valor intrínseco de la descripción objetiva en la comunicación, al igual que los riesgos potenciales de la vanidad. Existen varias versiones y algunas tienen diferente título, pero esta es la historia que yo recuerdo haber escuchado durante mi niñez en Argentina.

Elderly sisters Poly Ester and Sal Ami are both weird and weirdly happy. Their jolly antics and eccentric tastes challenge norms and appeal to young children's emerging sense of rules. Youngsters delight in the realization that being different doesn't need to be feared.Las viejas hermanas Poli Ester y Sal Ame son a la vez raras y raramente felices. Sus alegres rutinas y gustos excéntricos desafían reglas y estimulan el entendimiento de normas en los niños. Los pequeños se deleitan en descubrir que ser diferente no tiene por qué ser temido.

"Nicole didn't know what to expect. Each taste surprised her." Nicole loves rainbows and her dinosaur collection. She is also a picky eater who refuses to eat fruits and vegetables. When she notices how colorful and unexpectedly tasty her friends' lunches are, she imagines how nice it would be to taste a rainbow, and wonders how she can ask for the fruits and vegetables she has always refused to eat. With the help of her dinosaurs and her mother, Nicole finally learns how she can eat a rainbow of foods!This book was written to inspire children to try new and colorful foods. As your children see how Nicole learns to eat a rainbow, they will want to eat a rainbow too, all while learning a new language!