Ray Cruz

Although Alexander and his money are quickly parted, he comes to realize all the things that can be done with a dollar.

Ten-year-old Ezra tries convince his scholarly father that his baseball fever is not wasting his mind.

The everyday experiences of an eight-year-old Puerto Rican girl growing up in a close-knit, urban community.

A little mouse forsakes his daily bubble bath in order to become part of the tough neighborhood gang.

Once in a while a youngster likes to be sick, but not too sick to do some enjoyable things.

A gorilla not only wakes a little boy up, but it messes up his room and makes his mother angry.

The greedy woman is so preoccupied with her plans for becoming rich from selling her eggs that she forgets she is carrying them in a basket on her head.

Although Alexander and his money are quickly parted, he comes to realize all the things that can be done with a dollar.

Desde el momento que despierta todo le fracasa a Alexander. Se da cuenta que va ser un día terrible, horrible, espantoso, horroroso, su único consuelo, mama dice que algunos días son así. On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too.

El domingo pasado, los abuelitos de Alexander le dieron un dólar. ¡Era rico! ¡Había tantas cosas que podía hacer con todo ese dinero! Podía comprarse todos los chicles que deseaba, o quizás un radiotrasmisor, si ahorrara suficiente dinero. Pero, de alguna manera, el dinero empezó a desaparecer... Esta edición en español de uno de los libros más populares de Judith Viorst encantará a los lectores de todas las edades.