New Spanish Titles US - Year 2013

  • A VECES
    Sometimes
    Author:
    CLAUDIA RUEDA
    Publisher: EDITORIAL OCÉANO, S.L.
    Mirrors are lenses that can be used to reveal our true state of mind, not just to show us our appearance. Sometimes there is nothing more surprising than seeing yourself in the mirror. A children's book which many adults will buy for themselves, for their enjoyment and to give to others.
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  • Adorables criaturas
    Adorable Creatures
    Author:
    Dolores Payás
    Publisher:
    End of the 19th century. León de Ubach, owner of an industrial Colony, returns from England with a splendid wife on his arm: Inés is beautiful, cultured, and thirty years younger than him. They are accompanied by Tessa, her sister, a hardened Suffragette who in London lived as a free woman.
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  • Anem al dentista
    We're Going to the Dentist
    Author:
    Adelina Palacín, Assumpta Verdaguer y Pilarín Bayés
    Publisher: Eumo Editorial S.A.
    A series of books for 6- to 8-year-olds. The characters Pau and Laia experience situations that will be familiar to girls and boys of their age. Combining enterainment and learning, the stories describe relationships with family and friends, and children's habits at home and at school.
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  • Anillo de compromiso
    Engagement Ring
    Foto Anillo de compromiso
    Author:
    Luis Enrique Valera Muñoz
    Publisher: Brosquil Ediciones S.L.
    A humorous novel which follows the pattern of classic detective fiction, adapting this to the Valencia of the 1980s. Two characters are involved in a dangerous adventure to try and get back a strange jewel.
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  • Aprendí a sufrir
    I Learned to Suffer
    Aprendí a sufrir
    Author:
    Mateu Carrió
    Publisher: Ediciones del Serbal
    Wamba is an eleven-year-old captive boy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He and his family are constantly controlled by soldiers who force them to work in the dangerous coltan mines, a highly-prized mineral in the first world. Wamba's parents are hit the hardest when their son is snatched from them to be recruited by a guerrilla group which will turn him into a real boy soldier.
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  • Arlindo Yip
    Arlindo Yip
    Author:
    Daniel Nesquens
    Publisher: Editorial Casals SA
    Arlindo Yip is a postman capable of finding any lost parcel. His life is apparently simple and calm if it weren't for the surprising and inexplicable things that happen to him. Through his everyday life and his relationships with other characters, we will get to know this strange and charming man, and he will surprise us with his peculiar ideas.
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  • Arriba y abajo / Up & Down
    Up & Down
    Author:
    MR. GARAMOND
    Publisher: Mr Garamond
    This story tells of one day in the life of two children who live in different cultures which, nonetheless, are not too far from one another. A story of friendship which allows us to discover similarities and differences between our worlds through fresh and lively illustration. The book also has an app for iPad and iPhone with games and a read aloud function.
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  • Bailes de medio siglo
    Half a Century of Dances
    Bailes de medio siglo (cubierta)
    Author:
    Martín Sotelo
    Publisher: Nocturna Ediciones, S.L.
    The murder of a woman at the hands of her husband leads to concern among her neighbours: why has such a quiet, seemingly peaceful old man committed such a crime? Who were they? Why were they hiding in the village? What were they running away from? And above all: is it true that this same man, fifty years ago, killed the woman's first husband?
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  • Bemol Pispante, un ratón en el piano
    Bemol Pispante, a mouse in the piano
    Author:
    Antonio Amago y Nuria Rodríguez
    Publisher: Sieteleguas Ediciones
    Bemol Pispante loves music. This is why the little mouse lives in a piano. All the other mice think Bemol is mad because he is putting them all in danger. The owner of the house is a great pianist who is practising a beautiful but difficult piece of music. Includes a CD-ROM with additional multimedia content.
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  • BLANCANIEVES
    Snow White
    Author:
    Adaptacion del cuento recopilado por los Hermanos Grimm
    Publisher: EDICIONES FOLIO S.A.
    Snow White lives with her stepmother, who envies the young girl's beauty. The wicked stepmother wants to be the most beautiful in the land and she makes a plan to kill Snow White. Snow White manages to escape and hides in the woods, in a house with seven entertaining dwarfs. The stepmother finds her and, disguising herself so she won't be recognised, gives Snow White a poisoned apple.
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