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Villanueva de la Aguilas, Seville, carries on through the grey post-war years between the novenas of the devout and the repression of the victors. Currito lives there with his sisters, existing on the family income and a grocery shop selling black market goods. His everyday routine is disrupted when he hears that Rosa, La Culona (The Bum), who taught him how to write, is now a prostitute.
My name is Lorena and I don't know if I should say that I'm sixteen or not sixteen anymore or rather that I was sixteen and will continue being that age for ever. My name is Lorena and, for about a month and a half, I've been dead.
'If we ever meet again, call me Gwen' is the story of the lurid and vile biography of its unclassifiable protagonist: Chowder Marris, a scriptwriter with such bad luck that he can't even sell one of his scripts.
In 'If I Were A Giant' a little file of ants is the perfect excuse for a little boy to start imagining. In this children's book, Guridi brings us closer to how we all felt as children faced with an enormous world. Furthermore, he offers us a fun game that can continue after the book is closed. If you were a giant, what would you like to do?
Without an established program, without a plane or maps, but always heading west, with these assumptions departed J. M. Romero on his round-the-world trip. With the company of a log. Ahead were the crossings of the Atlantic and the Pacific on board of freighters, a sailing boat in Indonesia, the Australian desert and the Siberian winter.
After her parents get divorced, Marina feels nothing will ever be the same again. The only thing that hasn't changed is that she still spends her summer in the Camargue, the coastal region of France where her grandparents live. But this summer will be truly unforgettable.
The Canary Islands seen through the kaleidoscope of colours that are its beaches, skies and water. Incredible photographs accompanied by geological notes by experts and specialists.
Gianni Rodari, Tomi Ungerer, Astrid Lindgren, Juan Farias, Christine Nöstlinger, Roald Dahl and Gloria Fuertes are the characters in seven tales, a magical number for many essential figures in the history of children's literature. This narrative homage is created from the that the characters themselves have nurtured in their work: fantasy and creativity.
In Silverville, Colorado, vengeance is about to strike a blow to everyone's dreams of silver. When Grace Mallory settles into her in-laws' former mansion in 1872, rumours soon circulate in town. A lady living alone in an empty house? Why hasn't John, the heir to the mining company whom she has married, joined her?
A classic tale with vintage illustrations. The text is in Spanish, adapted to Level A2 (basic user, waystage) of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The book includes a glossary of words that are highlighted in the text, based on the classification level of the reader.