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Bay's gone blank. She doesn't remember her house built on the red earth of Western Australia, nor that her garden is on the coral reef of Ningaloo. She has forgotten that she fought to save the oceans and that humpback whales were her family. She doesn't recognize the faces that look at her now. Not even Scott's, even though they say she used to be mad about him.
Ugh, what a bore! Here is yet another boring family day in the country: an insufferable brother, a pair of embarrassing parents... Songs, excursions, one boring thing after another. All of a sudden, while she is looking at the river, her plastic bottle falls into the water and something stirs in her.
Sometime Mum has thunder in her head: she talks loudly and through clenched teeth. Sometimes she has clouds in her head: she forgets to make lunch and takes us to birthday parties late. And at other times she has a rainbow in her head: she sings at night and kisses me a lot. Could I also have thunder, clouds and rainbows in my head?
This spectacular ABC of jobs begins with A for architect and runs to Z for zapatero (shoemaker in Spanish) passing through C for Chef, D for Doctor and E for engineer (or I for Ingeniera in Spanish!). Each job is explained in a fun poem and accompanied by an illustration that shows off that job with tenderness, rigour and humour: "So happy, happy, that's what I wanna do!
Every evening, Grandpa, my Captain, told me stories and more stories! I listened wearing my favorite hat, a king's hat, because for him I was his king. Now Grandpa is not here anymore and there is an enormous hole right here, in my chest, next to my heart. It is always sad to say goodbye to someone you love very much. Especially if that goodbye is forever.
When Alicia the cave girl sees an ad in that day's newspaper seeking an illustrator and painter, she sends her candidacy to Cave Paintings without hesitation. Her dearest dream is to paint prehistoric caves. Brave and determined, armed with her with her crystone and full of illusions, this aspiring artist goes on a exciting journey to Bison City.
Written by a specialist in child psychology, this book is aimed at boys and girls aged from 4 to 8 years old. Ani is an eco-friend with a mission: to make sure humans care for and respect animals and plants. Do you think he will succeed? Do you want to help him? Surely together you can make it happen! Humans are animals with the capacity to laugh, cry, imagine, feel and develop nostalgia.
What if witches were the goodies? Meet Anna Kadabra and her magical Full Moon Club! Anna is furious because she has to leave her home, school and city. She's moving with her parents to Moonville, an old town in the middle of a forest. To make things worse, the place is full of legends and secrets. Who, for example, is the mysterious cat that follows her everywhere? Could it be a witch's cat?
Maia Kensington is an FBI agent with an innate gift for seeing what others have overlooked. Now she has to investigate the strange death of young David Jacobs, with the help of his ex psychiatrist, Dr. Robert Friedhoff. David, diagnosed as a schizophrenic, felt himself besieged by voices and presences. Dr.
My name is Acqua, I was born with hair as blue as the sea, and I am a MERMAID. Yes, you read right: we mermaids are real, and we live in MERMAIDPOLIS, a mysterious city hidden in the ocean. But something very serious is happening, and my friends and I want to find out what it is. To do this, we must cross the Giant Algae Forest, inhabited by creepy creatures, and even a witch!