La Sirenita

Gimp-Gam the pirate has always had bad luck, but never worse than when his ship is attacked one night by the fearsome pirate Tooth-Snatcher, who takes half of Gimp-Gam’s crew prisoner. In order to rescue his friends, Gimp-Gam embarks on a journey filled with humorous reversals that ultimately leads him to an island where he’ll have to search for a hidden treasure guarded by a terrible monster. El pirata Mala Pata siempre ha tenido mala suerte, pero jamás como cuando su barco es atacado una noche por el temible pirata Sacamuelas, quien rapta a media tripulación. Para rescatar a sus...

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.

A father will move heaven and earth to delight his daughter in this bilingual edition of the beloved tale from children’s book legend Eric Carle. Monica wants to play with the moon, so her papa sets out to get it. It isn’t easy to climb to the moon, but he finally succeeds—only to find it’s too big to carry home. The way in which this problem is solved is a joyful surprise. This delightful story about a father’s love literally unfolds as pages open dramatically, extending both outward and upward. Mónica quiere jugar con la luna, así que su papá se propone traérsela. No es fácil ...

Los Cretinos es una historia de Roald Dahl, el gran autor de literatura infantil. El señor y la señora Cretino son dos odiosos personajes, tan malvados como mugrientos, que se dedican a hacerse la vida insoportable el uno al otro. Tienen prisionera a una simpática familia de monos, a los que tampoco dejan vivir en paz. Pero con la llegada de Pájaro Gordinflón todo puede cambiar. ¿Recibirán los Cretinos su merecido?