El diablo en Madrid

For use in schools and libraries only. A collection of fifteen Latin American folktales which include some variations on traditional stories as well as Aztec and Mayan creation myths and ghost stories.

Federico is an intolerable boy. He spits. He breaks his and other people's toys. He even chews gum and puts it in the hair of first person he sees. One day, this boy experiences something that will change him forever.

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 ...

La jirafa Marcelina, que no sabe de cocina, quiere hacer una gran cena que le guste a su sobrina. ¡Ya podéis imaginaros el lío que se va a armar! Sus amigos le aconsejan mil cosas disparatadas y la cena se convierte en una fiesta alocada. ¡Ay, querida Marcelina! ¡Qué desastre de cocina! ¿Cómo lo vas a arreglar? ¡¿Y qué vamos a cenar?!