A Dragon On The Roof is as colorful, surprising and exciting as the famous building.
Young Paloma is a mischievous young girl who tends to get in trouble whenever her nanny snoozes.
One day while fidgeting in her chair she waits until her nanny falls asleep.
Quietly she sneaks to the nearby window to peer outside.
Without warning a frightened bat flies in the window exclaiming to her that it is being chased by the destroyer who eats everything.
Suddenly the room and entire building shakes and rattles and a huge tail rambles through the building.
Never one to shy away from danger or a mystery, Paloma chases the tail only to discover it belongs to a dragon.
But not just any dragon-a friendly dragon that doesn’t want to hurt anyone or cause a problem.
Paloma follows the creature that climbs to the building’s roof and takes a snooze.
A Dragon On The Roof, published by Prestel Publishing, is a wonderful book that is so bright and colorful! I absolutely love the illustrations that emulate the Casa Batllo! Cecile Alix and Fred Sochard have created an outstanding story that kids are sure to enjoy.
Even better: a section in the back of the book talks about the Casa Batllo, the artist Antoni Gaudi and much of the symbolism used in the book.
It’s time to take a taxi ride. But, not just any taxi ride.It’s time to take a Taxi Ride With Victor.
Victor is a funny-looking alien that owns and operates his own outer space taxi service.
He’s kind, anxious to please his customers and does a good job.
The only problem is he has a lousy sense of direction and tends to get lost.
Imagine his customers’ surprise when he winds up taking them to destinations other than the one they wanted.
As bumbling as Victor is he always manages to take his customers to places where they need to go-not necessarily where they want to go.
All through the week Victor gets lost, winds up at the wrong locations and somehow always manages to please his riders.
One day everything goes wrong-or so Victor supposes. When he finally arrives at his final destination a big surprise awaits him.
Sara Trofa and Elsa Klever take kids on a taxi ride like no other. Aliens of all sorts travel the space ways in Victor’s Taxi.
Delightful illustrations and clever text combine to make Taxi Ride With Victor a fun interstellar trek that teaches kids about the weekdays, the importance of persistence and the value of friendship all courtesy of Prestel Publishing.
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