Las luciérnagas no vuelan

Este poemario ilustrado reúne versos alejandrinos, haikus, caligramas y otras formas poéticas. El deleite de la música y la emoción ante la naturaleza están presentes en la poesía de Felipe Munita, que dialoga con las hermosas ilustraciones de Raquel Echenique. Una colección de poemas para todas las edades.

La hormiga Miga, harta de ir en fila siempre con sus compañeras, decide marcharse a ver mundo. Ayudada por otros animales, acaba subiendo hasta la cabeza de la jirafa Rafa, para saber qué se ve a tanta distancia del suelo. ¿Qué es lo que se podrá divisar desde un sitio tan alto? Una estupenda historia que muestra que hay distintas formas de ver la vida.

Lizzie is an inquisitive young girl who wants to be a pilot someday. As she finds out how much math, science, and research are needed to achieve this goal, Lizzie works harder than ever to learn as much as she can so that she can achieve her dream. She even studies the lives and accomplishments of Amelia Earhart, Sally Ride, and Bessie Colman in order to find out how to become the best of the best. Throughout this Spanish-translated book, readers will be intrigued by the fanciful illustrations while reading about a young girl who will stop at nothing to achieve her goal.

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.