Las camisetas no somos servilletas

Winner at the 2012 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards. A subtle, deceptively simple book about the relationship between a kid and his Grandfather, suffering from Alzeimer’s. Love and understanding are often the best tools for dealing with this problem. And who better to help than a mischievous grandson? Grandpa Monty is a bit confused: he tries to roast the chicken inside the washing machine, he gets towels mixed up with napkins, gloves mixed up with socks, and he’s always forgetting my name! My mom and uncle Andrew are worried things could get worse, so they decided it was best if Grandpa ...

La maldición mortal de un hada se aloja en el corazón de Jacob Reckless. Cuando pierde casi toda esperanza, Valiant le habla de una cura para revertir el embrujo: una ballesta mágica; pero, antes, deberá encontrar la mano, el corazón y la cabeza del dueño de la antigua arma.

[English] Max and Don are good friends. They have lots of fun at the park and the library. Where will these two go next? [Spanish] Max y Don son buenos amigos. Se divierten de lo lindo en el parque y en la biblioteca. ¿Qué harán después?

The tale tells the story of a violent nobleman who has the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of one wife to avoid the fate of her predecessors. Gilles de Rais, a 15th-century aristocrat and prolific serial killer, has been suggested as the source for the character of Bluebeard, as has Conomor the Accursed, an early Breton king.

Sería difícil imaginar cómo habría sido nuestra infancia sin el fascinante mundo de los Cuentos de las Mil y una noches, sin sus bellas princesas ni Simbad y su lámpara maravillosa; sin las palabras mágicas que nos abren las puertas de insólitos tesoros; sin sus emires, gigantes, monstruos, magos, pájaros parlanchines; caballos voladores ...; sin el esplendor medieval de Bagdad; sin las historias de viajes asombrosos... Y sin el hechizo inigualable de Sherezade, que a través de su narración nos transmite cuentos e historias que se contaban en Persia, Arabia y Asia desde tiempo...