La Puerta para Salir del Mundo

This book takes a very poetic look at the four seasons. When raindrops tickle, snowflakes are stars, and there are 12 moons in the sky, you know something spectacular is happening.

A moving bilingual ode to the unshakeable bond between a parent and child in the tradition of Runaway Bunny and The Wonderful Things You Will Be. If I were a sheep, you would be a lamb. If I were a bear, you would be a cub. As a mother holds her toddler, they muse over the way their love would translate if they were different animals. But no matter how they change, they will always be “us.” This bilingual story is a timeless ode to the unshakable bond between parent and child. Si yo fuera una oveja, tú serías un cordero. Si yo fuera una osa, tú serías un osenzo. Con su niño en...

A Sant Airet del Mig tothom està acostumat a les ventades intenses. Sobretot en Ramon i la Teresa, els pagesos del mas Repòs. Un bon dia, però, una tramuntanada excepcional els agafa desprevinguts i canvia les veus de tots els animals del mas. I us podeu imaginar un gall que lladra, una truja que renilla, un gos que brama o una gallina que miola? En Ramon i la Teresa ben aviat decideixen buscar una solució al problema. I, per fer-ho, recorren al refrany més conegut de Sant Airet: «El que el vent et portarà, més tard ja s'ho endurà.»

Experts agree that the first sentence of a book is fundamental. It provokes intrigue and curiosity, promises mysteries to be solved and hours of entertainment. If it works, it hooks us. In this book, the author writes 22 stories that start with the first sentences of famous novels, such as Rayuela, David Copperfield, El perfume, and La silla de plata, among others. Additionally, it reveals to the reader that words are not enough by themselves, but that, on occasion, they inspire more words.