From Quito, Ecuador, Julia informs us about the effects that COVID-19 has had on her great city.

After hearing about Guillermina and Candelario's adventures with a blackbird, their Grandpa finally finds out the birthday surprise they have in store for him.

Guillermina and Candelario decide to give their grandpa a birthday surprise.

Ana Carolina delights us with her user-friendly recipe for preparing a healthy and balanced "picadita mexicana" [Mexican appetizer].

How could a dinosaur, a toy car, a rope, and a mystery box possibly relate to one another? Employing those items, Ana Carolina demonstrates to us how to use prepositions of place.

After failing to triumph at the surf competition, Candelario feels a bit defeated. However, his grandfather and sister are there to console him as usual and an unexpected surprise awaits him.

When Candelario is reluctant to tell his grandfather about his experience competing in a surf contest with an extremely agile dolphin, Guillermina is quick to chime in.

The word, "vaina," is popularly used in many Latin American countries, and according to Carlos, who explains its origin and diverse uses, "defines everything and nothing at the same time."

Can Guillermina and Candelario salvage the concert at the bottom of the sea?

On the way to an undersea concert, Guillermina and Candelario discover that the famous trombonist, Charly Fish, has disappeared. Can they find him?

Carlos and Xavi point out to us a number of cases in which different words are utilized for the very same object or concept in Spain versus Colombia.

Ana Carolina introduces us to some Spanish vocabulary for personal hygiene products we might pack for a trip, both for use on a daily basis and to be prepared should an emergency arise.

While in Colombia, the second person plural pronoun, "ustedes," is typically used to address more than one person as "you," both formally and informally, in Spain, "vosotros" is much more commonly used on an informal basis. Carlos and Xavi provide us with several examples of how the same idea would be expressed using either "ustedes" or "vosotros."

While looking for a gift for their Grandma, Guillermina and Candelario encounter a starfish and contemplate its origins.

With several examples, Carlos and Xavi continue to demonstrate to us the difference in pronunciation of the letters "c" and "z" in Colombia and Spain.