Contagio, El

When it is time for the swallow to migrate for the winter, her good friend, the turtle, is afraid of forgetting her even though she promises to return, no matter what she suggests could serve as a reminder.

On the first day of school, Javier is confused. In looking for the boys washroom, he mistakenly enters the girls washroom. There he sees Angeles and immediately falls in love. His new love, however, is not as sweet and enchanting as she seems.

El protagonista de esta historia tiene una mascota nada común: un mastodonte. Como todos los mastodontes, el suyo es enorme y feroz, y además muy rebelde. Cada vez que le pide algo, Mastodonte le responde "¡No!". Pero cuando su amo grita a todo pulmón: "¡Más te vale, Mastodonte!", las cosas cambian y se complican… Y es que no hay nada más difícil en el mundo que domesticar a un mastodonte, aunque también tiene su recompensa.

A man has to face his past and his homeland’s enemies in this exciting historical novel set in 343 AD Britain. Order has been slowly deteriorating in the northern part of the Empire, beyond Hadrian’s Wall, and protection in the face of the Celtic and Pictish tribes is provided by a small, advanced but half-wild legionary unit known as the Frontier Wolves. Alexios Flavius Aquila is put in charge of this unit, knowing this is not a promotion but the end of his career. A poor decision cost him the life of half of his men, and if it weren’t for his uncle’s influence as the governor of...

Vicente and his duck friends go to the circus where they see all sorts of acts, but Vicente can't wait to see Marco Aurelio the fire breather.

Dos reconocidos cuentistas latinoamericanos, uno argentino y el otro mexicano, exploran el sacrificio que una madre está dispuesta a hacer por revertir lo imposible: la muerte de un hijo. En "La madre y la muerte" Alberto Laiseca recrea uno de los cuentos de Hans Christian Andersen y nos muestra a una madre que, después de que la Muerte le arrebata a su hijo, atraviesa bosques, ríos y montañas en busca de su pequeño, sin importarle lo que tenga que dejar en el camino. En "La Partida" Alberto Chimal nos habla de una madre que pierde a su hijo en un espantoso temblor, y después de rogar a ...