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Mum spent all day running around, all over town. And when night came, she was always so tired. Sometimes, she didn't answer us or seemed to have her head somewhere else. What could she do to run faster and be on time everywhere? A picture book dedicated to hero mums who run back and forth all day long.
The goal of the frog who is the heroine of this story is to perform a good jump. Frog makes various attempts but each is more painful and frustrating than the last. In spite of this, Frog does not give up and keeps trying again and again until she succeeds. Tomorrow Is Another Day shows how life is full of challenges to overcome, and growing and developing is the biggest of them all.
This is my dad. He's as big as an elephant! He's a bit bald, but he's very handsome and nice... My dad makes the bed, takes me to school, cooks, does the washing, plays hide-and-seek and even sings opera... I love my dad! A beautiful picture book that highlights a fatherly image free from gender stereotypes.
Ariadna is the main character of this book, a girl who loves animals. In first person and in rhyme, her father tells us what his little girl likes about animals. She likes them much so that every day she copies them, imitates them and simulates their behaviour. But there is one animal that is her favourite of all: the cat.
'My Family is Special' introduces us to diverse types of family. Stunning illustrations draw us into a story starring a lot of animals and a one-hundred-year-old granny who invites her family to her birthday party. Discover all the different kinds of family that exist. You can also play at spotting recurring features in the illustrations. Will you manage to find them all?
This story is about a little girl in a wheelchair and a cat who was rescued from the street. Each has their own reasons to be scared to leave the house. But by not going out, they feel like they are cut off from the rest of the world, watching life go by through their window.
It's 1945. In post-war Spain people are ready to leave the bad times behind and there is an air of optimism and progress. But not for Isabel. When she refuses to say who the father of her unborn baby is, she must accept her brother Jaime's decision for an arranged marriage.
Between the pages of this book you will find the story of Miko, an adaptation of a Japanese legend that explains the origins of the Maneki-neko, the friendly lucky cat so beloved of the Japanese.
'Minino and the Moon' is part of the new 'Minino' collection from creative dueo Martí & Salomó. This collection of board books with very simple moving parts is designed so that little ones can lift the flaps on each page themselves. In this way they will discover, one page at a time, the magic hidden in little moments of daily life. Join Minino and his friends on a voyage to the moon.
The brain is considered to be the most complex machine in existence. It's the control centre for all our activities. But is it really a perfect machine? Before you answer, open this book and discover how, sometimes, our own brains can play tricks on us!