Download or read book y Me Hice Abuela written by Iradis Vivas and published by Palibrio. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Escribir da placer, el escribir te lleva a través del tiempo, pones la imaginación en vuelo, te abre caminos y te lleva al futuro. Cuando comencé a escribir no sentí que esto me pasaba, al adentrarme en el, iba como cambiando la forma de ver los hechos verdaderos, mezclándolos con un poco de fantasía. Lean y juzguen en forma positiva Gracias.
Download or read book I Love You Grandma written by Jillian Harker and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Little Book of Abuelita Wisdom written by Raven Ishak and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ¡Oye! Listen to your abuelita, por favor. This sweet and cheeky guide, in abuela's signature voice, with Spanish peppered throughout, is filled with abuelita wisdom, including sayings, tips, and tricks on cleaning, cooking, friendships, self-love, and more. How many times have we heard from our abuelas, “Ponte un suéter que tendrás frio” or “Al que madruga, Dios ayuda” or “¿Y para cuando los nietos?” Sometimes, we just need the advice of our wise abuelitas. This book—which contains a collection of traditional and classic tips, messages, sayings, and instructions—brings together advice from abuelas all over. Keep your home clean, learn abuela essentials on hygiene, revisit nostalgic recipes, and learn how to maintain relationships with others and yourself. Just like abuela, this book comes in a bright, colorful, cute little package, with gorgeous full-colored illustrations. With Spanish peppered throughout, this book is as close to abuela as can be. And just like abuela, this book can get a bit cheeky—so watch out for things that will make you grab your forehead and say: ¡Ay abuela! Whether our abuelas live two houses away, thousands of miles away, or are no longer with us, we can carry on their wisdom with this little book. No matter your heritage or cultural background, this mighty book is for anyone who wants, has, or has had an abuelita-figure in their life.
Download or read book Complimenting Behavior and Self Praise across Social Media written by María Elena Placencia and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume focuses on complimenting behavior, including the awarding of (self-)praise, as manifested on social media. These commonplace activities have been found to fulfil a wide range of functions in face-to-face interaction, discoursal and relational amongst others. However, even though the giving of compliments and praise has become a pervasive practice in online environments, it remains a largely underexplored field of study within pragmatics. Self-praise is an activity that appears at the present time to be rapidly gaining ground online, and the various functions it performs clearly also need further investigation. The different contributions to this ground-breaking volume – 12 in total – aim to address this gap in research by exploring and shedding light on a number of aspects of these phenomena in a range of languages and language varieties. New socio-digital contexts are examined, supported in some cases by social networking sites not previously studied in complimenting behavior research. These include Facebook, Instagram, Renren, Twitter, as well as web forums, message boards and live text commentary.
Download or read book How to Babysit a Grandpa written by Jean Reagan and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Celebrate the special bond between grandpas and grandchildren in this delightful New York Times bestseller that puts the kids in charge! The perfect gift for Father's Day, Grandparent's Day, and any day shared with Grandpa! Here's everything a kid needs to know to spend a fun-filled day with grandpa! Written in a how-to style, the narrator gives important tips for "babysitting" a grandpa, including what to eat for snack (anything dipped in ketchup, ice cream topped with cookies, cookies topped with ice cream) what to do on a walk (find lizards and dandelion puffs, be on the lookout for puddles and sprinklers), and how to play with a grandpa (build a pirate cave, put on a scary play). From the author-illustrator team behind the New York Times bestselling HOW TO... books comes a funny and heartwarming celebration of grandpas and all that they do! This is a great gift for or from a grandparent, and perfect for lap reading when Grandpa comes to visit! The fun doesn't stop! Check out more HOW TO... picture books: How to Babysit a Grandma How to Catch a Santa How to Get Your Teacher Ready How to Raise a Mom How to Surprise a Dad How to Read to a Grandma or Grandpa
Download or read book Adolesfancia written by G. J. Márquez and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adolesfancia es un recopilatorio de historias creadas por una joven en esa etapa de transición de niña a adolescente. (Más información en la contraportada del libro)
Download or read book Grandma Wishes written by Julia Lobo and published by Love You Always. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know there's a special wishing star that only grandmas see? Every time a new grandchild is expected, their grandma has special hopes and dreams for her new little love. A perfect gift for a grandma shower, or a wonderful keepsake for a grandma to give her grandchild. A grandmother's wishes are revealed through animal characters that are used in place of people, to be any race, gender, or age. Collect all the books in the Love You Always series from Cottage Door Press. - 10 board pages are just right for even the littlest "readers" - Grandma wishes for a kind, silly, thoughtful, brave, and mindful child - The message of unconditional love is revealed in colorful, engaging illustrations - Soft rhyming text is easy to read aloud - A keepsake for generations - Collect all the books in the Love You Always series from Cottage Door Press
Download or read book FRANCHESCA S BEAUTIES written by Deborah Brooks Langford and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-10-17 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for my oldest granddaughter who will be seventeen this year. She is an awesome teenager and a joy for all to know. She wanted her own poetry book of her and her friends. So very happily I want to give her a great book, a fun book, a happy book. One day I will be gone and she will have this book to show her children. God bless you my sweet child. DBL
Download or read book Letters to My Grandsons written by Irene M Herrera and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I wrote these letters for my grandsons, pouring everything I feel for them into words. I hope they will keep them as lovingly as I wrote them.
Download or read book Lo Que Mi Abuela Me Dijo what My Grandmother Told Me written by Maria Paz Eleizegui Weir and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arranged by subjects, the dichos provide wisdom on topics such as childhood, work, strife, and love.
Download or read book Malinche written by Laura Esquivel and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-12-09 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary retelling of the passionate and tragic love between the conquistador Cortez and the Indian woman Malinalli, his interpreter during his conquest of the Aztecs. Malinalli's Indian tribe has been conquered by the warrior Aztecs. When her father is killed in battle, she is raised by her wisewoman grandmother who imparts to her the knowledge that their founding forefather god, Quetzalcoatl, had abandoned them after being made drunk by a trickster god and committing incest with his sister. But he was determined to return with the rising sun and save her tribe from their present captivity. Wheh Malinalli meets Cortez she, like many, suspects that he is the returning Quetzalcoatl, and assumes her task is to welcome him and help him destroy the Aztec empire and free her people. The two fall passionately in love, but Malinalli gradually comes to realize that Cortez's thirst for conquest is all too human, and that for gold and power, he is willing to destroy anyone, even his own men, even their own love.
Download or read book No Tildes on Tuesday written by Cherrye S. Vasquez and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2010-12-07 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isabella never wanted to learn to speak Spanish. But when her parents announce that they are moving the family to a predominantly Mexican-American neighborhood, Isabella becomes desperately afraid that she won't be able to fit in and grudgingly agrees to start Spanish lessons with her abuela. But the lessons aren't as easy as she thought they would be. Abuela is a strict teacher and the words are a lot more difficult to memorize than Isabella thought they would be, so at the goading of her best friend she decides to put a stop to them. Through a runaway adventure, a visit to her father in the hospital, and an introduction to a new kind of friend, Isabella comes to realize that Spanish may not be as bad as she thought, and that being able to communicate with people who share her heritage could be invaluable. Follow Isabella and author Cherrye Vasquez on a challenging journey of culture, family, and communication that just might change your mind about having No Tildes on Tuesday.
Download or read book Chain Linked written by Michelle Blair Wilker and published by Post Hill Press. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are bound together and yet broken apart, like a chain link fence. The human heart yearns for connection and mourns its loss; it is the fabric of our existence and what drives us. The agony of lost love, the hollowness of an absent family member, the cute guy on the basketball court that you just can’t muster up the courage to say hi to. A summer trip to Montauk. A night out at a salty dive bar. A foghorn in the distance, sipping a sweet drink. Emptying the fridge, packing up the old condo. Listening to Grandpa’s corny jokes. Wondering if life as a prep school art teacher meant anything. Getting even with your older brother. Haunted by Havana’s vacant casino high rises and ancient automobiles, dreaming of pizza in Rome. Chain Linked chronicles life’s joys and discontents in vivid detail and gives us a window into our souls.
Download or read book Secretos al viento written by Mario de Lima Keines and published by Odisea Editorial. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El mismo instante en que se conocen Mario y Josep se enamoran perdidamente. Las calles de Barcelona y los pueblos pirenaicos del Valle del Bohí en Lleida son testigos de su profundo amor y del angustioso secreto que Josep calla. Secreto que pondrá entre las cuerdas la relación entre ambos y desvelará el terrible y traumático pasado de Roser, madre de Josep, lleno de sinsabores y marcado por un destino fatal Juntos, Mario y Josep, deberán hacer frente a todas las adversidades que el destino les ha guardado, pero también sabrán aprovechar los pequeños placeres y las oportunidades que la vida les ofrece hasta el último momento que compartan juntos. “Los secretos, las palabras dichas y principalmente las que jamás han sido pronunciadas, han pasado a tener un peso muchas veces demasiado difícil de soportar.” “Para evitar que se conozcan los secretos, lo mejor es contárselos al viento, él se encargará de revelarlos en el mejor momento.” Secretos al viento es una historia sumamente emotiva, narrada con extrema sencillez y cargada de un apabullante sentimiento, que nos presenta el autor brasileño Mario de Lima. Los personajes de la novela deberán afrontar duros retos por amor que les llevarán a tomar decisiones que nunca antes se habían planteado. ¿Hasta dónde serías capaz tú de llegar por amor? Mario de Lima Keines (São Bernardo do Campo, Brasil, 1960) ha encontrado en la literatura un placentero refugio, él mismo se autodefine como un ‘escritor por placer’, compartiendo sus inquietudes e intereses en su blog, Eu leio Mario de Lima. Con Secretos al viento, Mario se estrena en la literatura en castellano tras recibir excelentes críticas por Com os pés na agua, editado en 2008 en su Brasil natal.
Download or read book Beautiful Senoritas Other Plays written by Dolores Prida and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The breadth and richness of themes and styles in Dolores PridaÕs theater make this collection a reading experience almost as wonderful as seeing the plays themselves. Prida has mapped the urban landscape and covered many of the most important topics of her timeÑfeminism, racism, classism, bilingualism and biculturalismÑquite often tempering their seriousness with humor, pathos and music. This anthology includes: Beautiful Se–oritas (1977), a musical satire of womenÕs roles and images in Hispanic culture; Coser y Cantar (1981), a bilingual one-act play for two women which explores culture clash, especially as it concerns womenÕs roles; Savings (1985), a musical comedy about ÒgentrificationÓ; Pantallas (1986), a ÒblackÓ comedy on the subject of TV soap operas and nuclear disasters; and Bot‡nica (1990), a play about three generations of Puerto Rican women grappling with gaps and discrepancies in time and culture. Dolores Prida is ranked among the most important playwrights of the contemporary Hispanic theater in the United States. She has written for the stage and television and taught play-writing techniques.
Download or read book My Demons Made Me written by Paul Burroughs and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-12-04 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brailean is a young boy who lives in the deep rural south. Born into a world of hate and lies, he must learn how to control the demon within. The Community has infiltrated the town of Eden in search of the prized boy. Brailean is protected by the Most High, as he endures a journey of pain and suffering. He is the salvation of the Dark One and his damned army of camouflaged demons. In a world of evil, devils walk among men, and men walk as devils. Brailean is not your average boy. He possesses a very dark power, equipped with a kind heart. Will this fallen angel ever find his wings?
