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This is a story about two little fish in a fishbowl who, one day, decide to have a race. The fish tell us the story of what happens next playing with the musicality born of a fusion of rhymes in English and Catalan accompanied by delicate watercolour illustrations.
This collection of 29 stories, one for each letter of the alphabet, has been designed for children who are learning to read and write. It helps them to understand the spellings and sounds of each letter and to learn to recognise them. Each story has a letter as its protagonist. The texts have been composed in calligraphy font.
A fishing trip describes the adventures of two friends who set off on their Llaut [a traditional Majorcan boat] off the shores of the Balearic Islands in search of a good catch. But there are many surprises in store. The story is an ode to sailing, fishing, friendship and good food. FIRST EDITION: 2016. SECOND EDITION: 2017. THIRD EDITION: 2020.
A Beautiful White Egg is a story about how joy can be reborn, about how life always finds a way, like the hen protagonist of the story: running, clucking, singing and filling all those around her with hope. Boys and girls are the first to chase the hen, plucky, eager to dance, but behind them come families, their own and others, the melée confusing the soldiers.
The Mother of Archimedes has decided to bring the past closer and gather the Mothers of some of the protagonists of her favourite stories to tell us about their sons and daughters. Einstein's Mother takes tea with Robin Hood's, the Ogre's and the Ugly Duckling's. Cleopatra's mother is there along with King Gaspar's, Sherezade's and Marco Polo's.
After the death of her mother, Gabriele returns to the village where she spent her childhood summers. Waiting for her there is her father, with whom she has not spoken for years. Together they set out to fulfill Greta's last wish: that the three most important people in her life — her husband, her only daughter, and her sister-in-law — scatter her ashes in a place where they have been happy.
An adaptation, aimed at children, of the biography of marine oceanographer Ángeles Alvariño, who discovered more than 23 marine species. This is the first in a series "Mulleres Galegas" (Galician Women) comprising eight titles to be published in 2021.
Over the course of 2018, six people linked to the world of books are interviewed by a BBC team at different times and in different locations. In their testimonies collected in that report, they describe their vision of literature while narrating the same story: in August 1940, Richard Lamm, a crew member of a German bomber, survived the downing of his plane in the middle of the Battle of Britain.
Discover the world's most fascinating civilisations. Hang out in the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, play ball on Machu Picchu and battle with the Vikings of Birka. Stroll through the famous cities of Pompeii and Troy. But also discover other mysterious places like Vijayanagara or Tikal, important historical sites that haven't survived into our times but that we can explore through archaeology.