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Life bestows beautiful and subtle presents for the senses with the change of every season. 'One Year...' invites us to learn how to see, or to remember, the beauty of those small things which mark the passage of time through ephemeral details picked out in brilliantly coloured silhouettes and poems which last as long as a moment.
A simple, tender and funny story for children from three to five, which talks about friendship, family and good neighbourliness. It tells the story of a family of mice who have had to leave their home and are looking for somewhere new to live. They find an old boot in a pretty corner of the woods, near a river. The area's other inhabitants welcome them and help them to make a new home.
Arturo, an experienced physics teacher, requests unpaid leave in order to both distance himself from reality analyse it from a distance in order to redirect his life after the extremes through which he has lived, to give his spirit respite and give his body a rest. The scientific laws with which he is very familiar are not enough to bring him peace.
This is the story of two journeys that take place at the same time and that overlap in this sensitive and delicate book: a mother duck and her duckling set off on a migratory journey towards warm southern lands while a family who live in a war zone flee to the north.
A hair is not the strangest thing you might find in your soup. A fly is not the strangest thing you might find in your soup. Do you know what it would be really strange to find in your soup? "A surreal and delicious entertainment."
Based on the true story of the great Cantabrian cyclist Vicente Trueba, nicknamed The Flea of Torrelavega. He was the first King of the Mountain in the history of the Tour de France (in 1933) and one of the Spanish pioneers who demonstrated their prowess beyond the Pyrenees. Using a chorus of fictitious voices, the book revisits different episodes in Vicente Trueba's life.
On her return from holiday with her parents, Victoria realises that something strange is happening to her grandparents. When she asks her friend Marisé what's going on, she replies that her family has been visited by an unexpected guest. Who is the guest visiting Victoria's family? Will Victoria's parents tell her the truth? How will Victoria deal with the situation?