Perceval

The teacher always says: "Speak louder!" Her mother always says: "Don't be shy!" Her grandfather tells her: "Don't pay attention, silence is gold, beautiful." But Jenny would rather be stealthy and fierce, like a shark. When Jenny's mother works late at the hospital, Jenny stays with her friend Amina. Together they spend hours in silence, reading and drawing. Meanwhile, Jenny's grandfather is mourning the death of his wife. Maybe Jenny and Amina can help him.

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 ...

Sólo después de que el último árbol sea cortado, sólo después de que el último río sea envenenado, sólo después de que el último pez sea apresado, sólo entonces, sabrás que el dinero no se puede comer. (Profecía india) Kart, Azucena y Amarilis se alejan de la ciudadela, el único refugio humano después de la hecatombe que ha provocado el cometa Saley en el planeta Tierra. Una mañana, con la claridad del día, deciden explorar la superficie árida y desolada y se internan en el desierto en una aventura que los llevará a encontrarse con la leyenda de la cual tanto les han...

A mischievous little girl and her toy monkey swing irresistibly through the pages of this playful book. Young children will love guessing what animal they are pretending to be, before shouting out the answers as the pages are turned to reveal the real creatures.