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"Everyone says that my grandmother is very, very old, but we both know that deep down inside there’s a child hiding." Is it possible to speak to our little ones about Alzheimer’s in a way that’s tender, sensitive and even fun? Alaine Agirre and Ainara Azpiazu bring us an emotional story about a grandmother and her grandson, about love and understanding beyond the codes established by adults.
A couple lose their son in an unexplained accident, two travellers find themselves implicated in a cannibal ritual, bloodthirsty cultists on motorcycles, UFO hunters, Beatnik wolf-men, a youngster with messianic delusions obsessed with blood, a disturbing serial killer... All these stories have a vertiginous rhythm and converge in a terrifying trauma, absurd and memorable in equal parts.
Borja is a translator for an international company in New York, where he lives with his partner John. One night he gets a call from a forgotten cousin to tell him his brother has just died and left him something. Many years ago in the nineties, Borja left the Basque Country to cut ties with a family and a country poisoned by hate and a lack of understanding.
Among the many synonyms for "Dark" we find (Oxford English Dictionary): mysterious, enigmatic, sinister, evil. This anthology is a faithful reflection of how each of the authors in this anthology sees darkness and terror.
This is the reality: we've turned our oceans and seas into a rubbish dump. Could one little girl speak to the sea-animals and find a solution to this problem? This is a beautiful ode, written by one of Spain's best loved personalities, Pablo Carbonell, with amazing illustrations by Tony Sandoval.
Olivos de cal is a rural novel worthy of Delibes at his most sober. The skilfully drawn characters hide their feelings to such an extent that their silence is itself another character. Two stories in one place, the landscape of Jaén, unfurl through the years leading up to the harsh decade of the 1930s.
“I don't understand it one bit when Grandma says that Grandpa is worn out after so many years. One day at school we learned that stones wear out over time because of erosion. But Grandpa isn’t a stone. Or is he? Sometimes it seems that way, like when he sleeps, because he doesn't even move a millimeter.
A collection of adventure books aimed at children aged 7+. Over 120 pages of fun, adventure and mystery with full-colour illustrations. “Hello! My name is Txano and my twin brother is called Óscar. When we told our best friends, Raúl and Sonia, that a strange green meteorite had given us telepathic powers, they were amazed.
Ten funny stories from Africa that illustrate the value of love for nature and for your neighbours, taking the reader on a journey through different African cultures. In the title story, an old lizard is caught by a raven and has to use all his cunning to save his own skin by taking advantage of his captor’s pride.
Simón finally has a diary - a real one, with hard covers and a lock to keep his secrets as safe as if they were made of gold. Now Simón can hide his experiences from his nosey brother Julián. Julián won't be able to read the story of Simón's friendship with Héctor, a boy with autism who has recently joined the class. Nor about how Simón treats him: naturally and without prejudice.