Canguros

Un niño de diez años llega solo a Barcelona, donde trabaja su madre. Pero ha habido una confusión. Pasan los días y no la encuentra. De pronto comprende que no tiene más hogar que un banco en una plaza. La vida en una aldea de los Andes y el ritmo de una ciudad europea, las esperanzas de un niño y la dureza de la calle, la amabilidad y la distancia, el miedo y la fiesta impregnan las páginas de este relato. Un homenaje a las muchas historias ocultas de la inmigración y una invitación a reflexionar sobre la acogida. A ten-year-old boy arrives alone in Barcelona, where his mother...

Bunny's friends help him harvest his vegetables, but there is a head of lettuce that they just cannot pull out of the ground. They get help in a most unexpected way.

Martha Riva Palacio reshapes the myth of Orpheus to create a love story that repeats through time. The poetic prose, that is present in this short novel captivates and surrounds the reader into an atmosphere where Eurydice sings through the corridors of Argos, while a ship is suspended in the sea of time and Orpheus narrates, sometimes in his own voice, some others in the voice of his beloved, this encounters and disagreements, on which he will have to turn back again and again. Many stories intertwine this novel, making the reader the one and only person to discover which one is the real one ...

"Uno, dos y tres avestruces. Paseando por la sabana, se encontraron a uno, dos y tres leones...."--Page 4 of cover.

Alejo was a generous, selfless boy; he always lent people whatever they needed, without hesitation. Why has he become so stingy lately? He doesn't lend anything to anyone anymore--not his friends, not his classmates, not even his little brother. Something happens to Alejo that helps him understand that nothing is enjoyable unless it can be shared with others.