La magia de los duendes

Winner at the 2012 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards. A subtle, deceptively simple book about the relationship between a kid and his Grandfather, suffering from Alzeimer’s. Love and understanding are often the best tools for dealing with this problem. And who better to help than a mischievous grandson? Grandpa Monty is a bit confused: he tries to roast the chicken inside the washing machine, he gets towels mixed up with napkins, gloves mixed up with socks, and he’s always forgetting my name! My mom and uncle Andrew are worried things could get worse, so they decided it was best if Grandpa ...

Roger llega a barcelona procedente del Quebec para visitar a su abuela. Pero la abuela ha desaparecido. Aun así, le ha dejado preparado numerosos enigmas y adivinanzas para encontrar un tesoro. Roger descubrirá infinidad de aspectos interesantes de la historia y la gente de la ciudad. Una herramienta excelente para conocer Barcelona, con un montón de propuestas al final del libro por explorar la Barcelona insólita.

When she arrives at her uncles dismal mountain property, where he raises border collies, Frida is in a world of pain: she has just lost her parents. Petrademone seems to be the ideal place for a new life. But very soon she will discover that strange and mysterious things happen in her new home.

"9 de diciembre deo 1890. La Gran Nación decreta que todos los habitantes del pueblo deberán contar con un apellido. Al costado del la fila que les permitirá obtenerlo, Ariel y David, dos chicos con un lúcido sentido del humor, se preguntan: qué es un apellido?, cómo se consigue?, se lopuedo elegir. Todas esas dudas se van disipando a medida que avanza esta novela de una frescura y originalidad poco comunes."--P. [4] of cover.