Jairo Buitrago

"The little girl in this story is traveling with her father, but doesn't know where they are going. She counts the animals by the road, the clouds in the sky, the stars. Sometimes she sees soldiers. Sometimes they are forced to stop because her father has to earn more money before they can continue their journey"--Provided by publisher.

A little girl counts the things she sees as she and her father travel, sometimes on foot, sometimes on top of a train, and sometimes in other ways, stop while her father earns more money for the trip, and avoid soldiers and other dangers.

"A story about the heart-opening effect that taking care of a wounded creature has on a wounded boy, from acclaimed picture-book creators Jairo Buitrago and Rafael Yockteng. Adriaan is always in trouble, at school and at home, while Santiago gets along quite well. But they are friends. When Adriaan finds a wounded bird in an abandoned lot in the midst of the city, things begin to change. Taking care of the bird, learning all about it, discovering...

""Our school has almost nothing. A blackboard, some chairs, a teacher." The teacher is there at the door waiting for them every day. And this day they are taking whatever art supplies they can come up with and going outdoors to draw. And out there, amongst the trees, the mountains the huge boulders, the river are--dinosaurs--of every kind. And a squirrel. From children's book stars Jairo Buitrago and Rafael Yockteng comes this wonderful story of a...

Para hacer amigos debes sentarte bajo un árbol inmenso, o ayudarle a una abeja a salir del agua con una hojita. Puedes dejar por el parque muñecos de papel, regalar una manzana o ser amigo de un cactus silencioso. Pero si al final del día te cansas de hacer amigos, también puedes olvidar todo lo que dice este libro. Un libro divertido y tierno, con el humor característico del premiado autor Jairo Buitrago que, junto con las geniales ilustraciones...

Ana looks out the pet store window with the store's last remaining animals for sale-a dog, a hedgehog and a mouse. What are they waiting for? Ana remembers finding the dog and bringing him to the store as a puppy. She's watched as all the other dogs-the most charming, the most elegant, the strongest-have all gone off. Ana, too, has never left, except at nights when she closes the store and goes home to the modest apartment she shares with her grandmother....

"This inspired story about the magic of art, nature, and educators is a breath of fresh air."-Booklist Let's all draw dinosaurs … outdoors! In this remarkable picture book, a group of students spend an unforgettable day drawing dinosaurs outside with their extraordinary teacher. Maybe your school has a playground, gym, computers, and a library. But at this school in a faraway mountain range, things are a little different. There's a blackboard,...

La primera edición del libro Gerencia pública y control fiscal se publicó en 2007. Los cambios institucionales y normativos originaron esta nueva edición, compuesta por siete capítulos: "El Estado y las políticas públicas", "Administración y gerencia pública", "Gestión financiera desde la perspectiva del Estado", "Agregados macroeconómicos"; "Indicadores de gestión y resultados en las entidades del Estado", "Control fiscal" y, finalmente,...