There is something about a good book that defies explanation. It pulls you in, moves you, makes you feel less alone. Here you’ll find recommendations for the whole family, no formulas, no perfect lists. Just diverse voices and stories from near and far, for the little ones and for those who read way past bedtime.In this edition, these four: Tío Ricky doesn’t speak English/no habla inglés by Maritere R. Bellas Enrique is excited because Tio Ricky is visiting from Puerto Rico. His uncle is funny. They always have a great time hanging out. During their outing Enrique realizes that he is supposed to be his uncle’s assistant because Tio Ricky doesn’t speak English. Enrique translates for him at the market, with the neighbors and, even with the mailman. But Enrique is annoyed and bored; [...]
How to create new emotional patterns The emotional brain. Lili knows exactly how she’s going to react. Every time her boss asks her for a report due the following week, something in her immediately activates—the same knot in her stomach, the same urge to do anything but that. She calls a friend she hasn’t seen in months, reorganizes the kitchen drawers, buys things she doesn’t need. The whole week goes by like this. And the day before the deadline, her body sends the bill: sweaty hands, a racing heart, a mind that won’t stop producing images of failure, of being mocked, of her boss’s disappointed face. Sleep-deprived and exhausted, she manages to turn in the report on time. But the experience, once again, was terrible.Lili knows this pattern by heart. She criticizes herself, promises that [...]
