Los Secretos de Mis Amigos / The Secrets of My Friends (Spanish Edition)

Los Secretos de Mis Amigos is a compilation of short stories written in Spanish. They can be read not only for fun and as entertainment for both adults and children, but also as reading and speaking exercises for Spanish students at an intermediate level.

"El Pececito Solitario" (The Lonely Fish) is about Jose Lucho, the fish, who used to share his aquarium with a little snail, a little frog, and another fish until each one of them passes away due to different circumstances.

In "Salchi, Amor de Mi Vida" (Salchi, The Love of My Life), students can practice more indicative, preterit, and imperfect. Conversation turns around encouraging students to talk about their own animals (either the ones they own or the ones they have owned).

"Te Quiero, Pachito" (I love you, Pachito) is a story of a mockingbird that dies of sadness and nostalgia when its caretakers left the country. During the conversation prior to reading the story, students can be encouraged to use the present perfect indicative, the preterit, and the imperfect, as well as the conditional and the imperfect subjunctive.

The prettiest story is called "Las Tortuguitas Indocumentadas" (The Undocumented Turtles). They came from South America to the United States looking for a better life. Subjects for conversation and critical thinking can be the social, cultural, and economic impact of massive immigration to the U.S.A., using the present indicative.