El Gato Hechizado

A scientist who creates videogames for HumaCorp invented a mosquito-like giant robot that is capable of bringing nightmares to children. When a group of kidnapped children, used as laboratory guinea pigs, escaped from the scientist and the robot, Andrea, a punk with extraordinary abilities in videogames, helps to save the children.

A collection of traditional nursery rhymes and poems in Spanish includes tongue twisters, verses about body parts, poems to discourage crying, and counting and bedtime rhymes.

Así como hay vidas que merecen ser contadas, lo mismo ocurre con ciertas muertes; muertes como las que sobrevuelan, amenazantes, los cuatro relatos de este libro. Jueces despiadados, cajas misteriosas, recuerdos profanados y asesinos seriales comparten estas páginas con finales inesperados. Guillermo Barrantes desafía a los lectores una vez más. Los desafía a hurgar en las tinieblas que habitan bajo la túnica tan temida. Los desafía a reflejarse en la hoja de la guadaña más filosa, para que los miedos de todos ellos den vida una vez más a la Muerte.

Award-winning Lulu and the Hunger Monster is also available as a bilingual book in Spanish and English. When Lulu’s mother’s van breaks down, money for food becomes tight and the Hunger Monster comes into their lives. Only visible to Lulu, Hunger Monster is a troublemaker who makes it hard for her to concentrate in school. How will Lulu help her mom and defeat the Monster when Lulu has promised never to speak the monster’s name to anyone? This realistic—and hopeful—book in Spanish and English builds awareness of the issue of childhood hunger, increases empathy for people who are...