CRISTÓBAL ROMERO En Haxhanixtle

The adventures of eight-year-old Rita come to life in this extraordinary, interactive series of augmented reality books. After installing a simple computer program that is included on the accompanying CD-ROM, children use their webcams to reveal three different three-dimensional animations in each book. In the first, Rita introduces the adventure on which kids are about to embark. In the second animation, in the middle of each book, Rita appears again with more information on the subjects and places being discussed in each story. A final animation allows children to take a photo of themselves ...

El autor recomienda a los chicos y chicas europeos subirse al tejado de sus casas para intentar divisar la aldea donde vive Rubén, situada en un lugar de El Salvador junto al Océano Pacífico. Una vez allí, el libro, de manera irónica aunque no mordaz, describe a los que están en el tejado cómo es la casa del adolescente, su escuela, construida con fondos de la cooperación española, su familia; y cómo el patojo ayuda a su padre cuando sale a faenar a la mar en una frágil embarcación en medio de olas ciclópeas y bondadosos tiburones. Asimismo va narrando el tiempo en que se enamora ...

When the animals cannot decide which is the cleverest, they call on a boy called Curumín to help them settle the matter, and either the turtle or the monkey could be the winner.

Hopping, skipping, and running prove to be fun but tiring activities, so maybe it is best to have a rest.