El puente de los cerezos

After the Spanish Civil War, Julián, a captain in the Spanish Republican Army looks for his lost love, Sara. PP.

This novel, narrated in two voices for their characters, playing strong themes that make up the life of a boy and a girl living in Havana, Cuba. Discrimination, sexism, harassment, female subjugation, homosexuality, are treated with subtlety through metaphors, pauses, silences and innuendos that make this a moving and thoughtful book.

El zorro Pindo es un solitario, pero se sabe los cotilleos de todos los animales y las personas. Y tiene un poder muy especial: puede hipnotizar a cualquiera con sus "ojos de linterna". Consiguió ese poder viendo cómo el sol, al atardecer, reflejaba sus últimos rayos al fundirse con el mar. Pero la maestra Rosa, harta de que Pindo le robe sus gallinas y se burle de su perro guardián, va a demostrar al zorro que ella también tiene una magia muy poderosa.

A classic fairy tale about twelve princesses who sleep in twelve beds in the same room. Her father is worried, because every night their doors are securely locked, but in the morning their dancing shoes are found to be worn through as if they had been dancing all night. Can anyone find out her secret?

A good-natured shoemaker receives a surprising visit: an odd looking woman who appears to be homeless wants to have her shoes fixed. In exchange for his labor, the woman leaves him an unexpected gift. Simple yet moving, the story reflects on the value of generosity. The humorous cartoon-style illustrations give the characters expressive and emotional depth.