"Shoji Morimoto was constantly being told that he was a 'do-nothing' because he lacked initiative. Dispirited and unemployed, it occurred to him that if he was so good at doing nothing, perhaps he could turn it into a business. And with one tweet, he began his business of renting himself out to do nothing. Morimoto, aka Rental Person, provides a fascinating service to the lonely and socially anxious. Sitting with a client undergoing surgery, accompanying...

Introduces the origins and significance of the Chinese New Year, including the Chinese calendar and the animals that symbolize each year, and describes how the holiday is celebrated. --Publisher

"Siberia, early seventies. The narrator, a thirteen-year-old orphan, saves Vardan, a young Armenian boy, from discrimination and being attacked by fellow Soviet students in their schoolyard. A friendship is born. When Vardan brings him home, the narrator enters a world of Armenian families living in the periphery of a prison where their husbands, sons, and fathers are detained. It is there, in the warmth of their home, that the narrator meets courage,...

"Miguel de Cervantes' epic tale is one of Spain's greatest literary contributions to the world. Turn the pages and delight in the adventures of Don Quijote de la Mancha and his sidekick, Sancho Panza"--

En Luz y luna, las lunitas, nos obsequia un recorrido por los protagonistas más variopintos y entrañables de nuestra cultura. Desde las curiosas expresiones sonoras de los vendedores ambulantes de México, la imaginación desbordante de sus habitantes venidos de fuera como Josefina Bojórquez, la mujer que inspiró a Jesusa Palancares, protagonista de Hasta no verte Jesús mío--, las trabajadoras domésticas que dan vida a los hogares con sus ocurrencias,...

Quico and his companions provide classic humor for children and families.