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Paula has always wanted to travel to the moon. She has tried all sorts of things to get there, from standing on her father's shoulders to building a rocket powered by soap bubbles and kites. But Paula keeps dreaming of getting there, and every night she thinks about how she will learn to defy the laws of gravity when she grows up.
Eduardo is the most famous hairdresser in the neighbourhood. Everyone who enters his hair salon comes out satisfied, contented, happy - it's no coincidence that he's the ower of the Happiness Hair Salon. But he, on the other hand, is always sighing. What secret is he hiding? The most cheerful characters submit to his scissors, yet Eduardo does not share his clients' happiness.
There is no worse storm than the ones that go on in your own head! Our minds never rest, even when we’re asleep. This book can help children identify the thoughts that make them feel nervous, restless, sad or angry. What’s more, you'll be learning great tricks to get those unwelcome thoughts out of your little but wonderful heads!
Pepito is a boy, onion is just a description. A thousand and one layers of love from everybody who knows him make Pepito not a boy but an onion. Find out what happens when he escapes all the layers!
At the School of War there has been a horrendous crime. A man has been murdered and his body cut up and disposed of in the drains. But not only that, the alleged murderer, Captain Vicente Agrelo, the school head, hero of the Cuban War, and a drunk, gambler and troublemaker, is in an incestuous relationship with his eldest daughter Virtudes.
Atlantic Voyage is a very free version of Negriño Panchito by Alfonso R. Castelao. Panchito is a penguin who lives in Galicia, where he is the only one of his species, and there is nobody else like him. One day he feels, like all the young people in his city, the urge to see the world, and boards a ship that will take him on a voyage of the Atlantic Ocean.
There are some things we can only learn thanks to the example of those around us ... And even then, sometimes the Blue Goblin needs to remind us! The ten delightful stories in this book teach us to recognize values such as gratitude, respect, patience, commitment, responsibility, or empathy in our daily lives.
FERNANDO PÉREZ DEL CASTILLO, the great-great-grandson of a hero of the Spanish-American War who managed to make fun of the Yankees, has inherited from his ancestor an exotic shock of blonde hair, a crippling shyness and an unyielding desire to become a famous actor.
Do you love animals? What about plants? Did you know that there are beings that are half plant and half animals that represent our emotions? Do you want to meet the plant-animals with Martina and Marcos? They will teach you to get to know your emotions, how to express them and understand them.
This poem demonstrates Joana Raspall's ability to comprise in a few words a universal message that is easily understandable for the youngest readers. We are all human, our origins are partly due to coincidence, and our responsibilities are to help each other. The colour of our skin, our language, food, clothes and games might all be different, if we are born in a different place.