Alamosa Public Library

A young English boy describes his relationship with his father and the special adventures they share together.

The author describes, in bilingual text and illustrations, her experiences growing up in a hispanic community in Texas.

A bilingual biography of a Franciscan priest-explorer who aided in developing missions in 18th century California.

A zany but well-meaning cat brings a cheerful, exotic, and exuberant form of chaos to a household of two young children one rainy day while their mother is out.

Esta es la obra más representativa de Horacio Quiroga. En estos relatos, Quiroga se maneja con absoluta maestría en el terreno de la narración de terror (no en vano se lo compara con Poe y Maupassant, como se puede apreciar al leer historias tan estremecedoras como "La gallina degollada"), y nos ofrece uno de los máximos exponentes del modernismo latinoamericano. Es, también, la obra más personal de alguien cuya trágica existencia estuvo marcada...

Public service is a way of life for Americans; giving is a part of our national character. But compassionate instincts and generous spirits aren't enough, says veteran urban activist Robert D. Lupton. In this groundbreaking guide, he reveals the disturbing truth about charity: all too much of it has become toxic, devastating to the very people it's meant to help. In his four decades of urban ministry, Lupton has experienced firsthand how our good...

Dos amigos se embarcan en una peligrosa aventura para salvar una vida, y de repente se encuentran en un mundo nuevo donde una malvada bruja intenta convertirlos en sus esclavos. When Diggory and Polly try to return the wicked witch Jadis to her own world, the magic gets mixed up and they all land in Narnia where they witness Aslan blessing the animals with human speech.

The three pigs escape the wolf by going into another world where they meet the cat and the fiddle, the cow that jumped over the moon, and a dragon.

Un cuento antes de dormir. Un beso de buenas noches. Y mamá Llama apaga la luz. ¿Pero está todo bien? ¡No! Al menos, no lo está para Bebé Llama ... Y muy pronto sus lloriqueos se vuelven alaridos. ¡Llama es puro drama! Hasta que mamá regresa a poner todo en orden. At bedtime, a little llama worries after his mother puts him to bed and goes downstairs.