Maria

"Jack is a young, poor boy living with his widowed mother and a cow that is their only source of income. When the cow stops giving milk, Jack's mother tells him to take it to the market to be sold. On the way, Jack meets an old man who offers magic beans in exchange for the cow. Jack makes the trade."

¡Bienvenidos a la Escuela de los Cien Torreones! ¿Quieres ser toda una princesa? ¡Ven a la Escuela de los Cien Torreones! Harás amigas, montarás en unicornio y... Un momento, ¿qué tal se te dan las reverencias? Porque a Gracia le salen fatal. ¡Es la princesa más patosa que ha pisado el colegio!

Martha Riva Palacio reshapes the myth of Orpheus to create a love story that repeats through time. The poetic prose, that is present in this short novel captivates and surrounds the reader into an atmosphere where Eurydice sings through the corridors of Argos, while a ship is suspended in the sea of time and Orpheus narrates, sometimes in his own voice, some others in the voice of his beloved, this encounters and disagreements, on which he will have to turn back again and again. Many stories intertwine this novel, making the reader the one and only person to discover which one is the real one ...

Sara, la amiga de Caillou, se sube al gran camión amarillo cada mañana, pero Caillou tiene que esperar un poco más para ir a la escuela. ¡Apenas puede con la emoción de subirse al autobús escolar!