Las Animas - Bent County Library District

Tired of being hooked to a milking machine, Tomasa the one-horned cow leaves the farm on a quest to find freedom.

Describes the commemoration of the victory of the Mexican army over the French army on May 5, 1862, a victory which signaled the end of foreign invasions of North America.

Recounts the story about a tired and hungry little girl who finds food and a place to sleep in the home of three bears.

"Benita loves to read in bed but keeps getting interrupted by a whistling Tunche, a scary Supay and other spooky creatures from Peruvian lore. To the creatures' disbelief, Benita is so absorbed by her book that she's not the least bit scared of them. This humorous celebration of bedtime reading puts a global twist on taking the 'scary' out of monsters"--Provided by the publisher. A Benita le encanta leer en la cama, pero la interrumpen continuamente...

A young girl's journal records her family's struggles during two years of hiding from the Nazis in war-torn Holland. El diario de una niña registra las luchas de su familia durante dos años de haberse escondido de los nazis en la guerra de Holanda.

Youngsters will smell the burning rubber as they discover the unique features of powerful vehicles, learning how they race, spin, bounce, jump, and sometimes even crash.

Una familia constru A family builds an adobe house in the Southwest desert.

In the early 1960s in the Dominican Republic, twelve-year-old Anita learns that her family is involved in the underground movement to end the bloody rule of the dictator, General Trujillo.

Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself, goes to sleep, and awakens as a beautiful, colorful butterfly.