Catalogue
Evasions (Evasions)
Evasions is a book about encounters, about connections with the most intimate aspects of life, about fragments of the deepest reality. About small retreat islands where we can meet to take a break from our own lives. Whether words or illustrations, the windows are there, inviting us to open them, climb over them and go outside.
Artistic book, Non-Fiction
Bridge
Negorith
Gris, a young girl from Barcelona, discovers she has powers. She’s the last negorith: a seer with the ability to perceive creatures from different planes and to open doors between worlds. But the discovery of these new skills throws her into an unknown world where angels, demons and nightmarish creatures a fighting a secret war that is also a threat to our own world. With the help of only a one armed-boy and a collector of paranormal creatures, Gris will have to stand up to pressure and face monsters on both sides in order to survive: a life-or-death battle for the fate of the world and for its freedom.
Reminiscent of Neil Gaiman, particularly his novel, Neverwhere, Iván Ledesma explores the possibilities of bringing this genre home. Partway between thriller and urban fantasy, Negorith is a
dynamic and direct novel that will excite all genre readers. Ledesma emphasizes action over conflict to bring readers a ride without stops in this struggle to save life and our world.
In the jury’s words:
Every year, publishing houses and critics hail the new Stephen King.
With Negorith, they’ll be right for the first time.
Joan Antoni Martín Piñol
Not suitable for the feeble or faint of heart.
Eva Navarro.
Negorith is not only entertaining, it also distills a generous dosage of
intelligence and emotions.
Miguel A. Parra
Fiction
Bridge
Mon & Pin
The series focus on human values such as, difference and empathy, solidarity (when the oldest helps the youngest), love for people and for the whole world, sense of humor as a way of life, and it is based on captivating characters and well-worked pedagogical concepts.
The books show useful basic concepts for the cognitive development of children.
Colours
Shapes
Animals
Numbers
Monis a monkey born in the jungle. He is agile and with his tail he can reach and grab everything. He is responsible, funny and a little bit shy. He is Pin’s best friend and he always takes care of her.<
Pin is a penguin born in the Norh Pole. She loves fishes, cold water and the bright stars. She is playful and a bit daring. She is Mon’s superfan.
Colourful illustrated pages, with plenty of details to play with, funny situations that will captivate the little ones.
Four new titles coming in Autumn.
Knowledge book for
children, Picture book
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Cómo (no) enamorarse (How (not) to fall in love)
Nora has three problems.
The first is that her two best friends have broken up. Now she has to put up with them sharing her friendship through very cold WhatsApp messages.
The second is that Marcos, the boy she’s in love with since high school, doesn’t quite realize that they’re made for each other and insists on dating other girls.
The third is that she caught her mom and their neighbor in bed. And that would be a beautiful thing (after the initial trauma) if they hadn’t decided to live together all of them: the two women, Nora and Adrián.
Adrián, Nora’s three first times. The boy with the mole, the seductive whispering and ridiculously blue eyes. Her worst nightmare!
Silly and sometimes embarrassing scenes, crazy parties, sex and an innovative topic: being AROMANTIC!
Young Adult
La Galera Young
Perímetre (Perimeter)
Perimeter: A short, starkly concise and intriguingly simple novel, takes us into the desert inside us.
David Lynch + Kill Bill + Cormac McCarthy
Jair Domínguez’s Perimeter puts him into the league of some of the most interesting voices in literature now.
A story of vengeance, this existential thriller is packed with symbolism and poetic images that will take the reader into a postapocalyptic world full of baffling violence.
The Engineer, driven by his need to hunt down and kill La Toussaint, his family’s murderer, will travel across the desert and overcome any obstacles in his path to reach his target. The Engineer carries his memories, discipline, and a gun loaded with
seven bullets. There is one bullet for each of the mortal sins. The seventh is for the Devil.
‘I guess this is not a good time to die.’ ‘No. It’s about to rain.’
You’re just a man, nothing more – like I am. Both of us will die, and neither of us will be remembered or admired. I’m the good guy, you’re the bad guy. The same old story.
Fiction
Catedral
Dark Mystical Series
Dark Mystical, book 1. A Voice from Dreams.
This is what happened to Iris, Nora, Erin, Hana and Luna when they received the gifts of the Gate’s gems and, along with them, a huge responsibility that none of them was too happy about. They became the mystical girls, and they are now in charge of protecting us from the dangers of Umbria, the world of Chaos.
That is where the aberrants live—the monsters, legends, nightmares and fears turned into shadows. And they’re coming for us.
One of them wishes to persuade Luna. Another one seeks revenge on Erin. And all of them want power, and they will do anything to get it.
Imagine fighting against all of this—in secret! Because that’s one of the mystical girls’ rules: don’t reveal your powers if you don’t want to get into trouble. But trouble follows them wherever they go, so they’re not even surprised when they find out that a mysterious boy inexplicably knows their secret and is threatening to expose them to everyone.
Middle Grade
La Galera
Contes d’aventures (Adventure Stories)
Discover a new version of three universal classics about great timeless adventures in one book that includes: Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe, Around the World in Eighty Days, by Jules Verne and Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Fiction, Middle Grade
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Te necesitamos (We Need You)
Eleven endangered species tell you how you can help in your day-to-day life to prevent them from disappearing.
Humans are getting more and more alone on planet Earth. And we are the main culprits. Our behaviour towards nature is causing a mass extinction of wildlife. And we must do something about it.
In this book you will learn about the following species and their issues: polar bears (climate change) / orangutans (palm oil) / koalas (fires) / lynxes (roads) / butterflies (invasive species) / dolphins (plastic in the sea) / bats (social rejection) / sparrows (urban pollution) / clownfish (collecting them) / otters (river pollution) / elephants (ivory trade).
Knowledge book for
children
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Digueu-me Ju (Call me Ju)
On the same day Ju is temporarily expelled from her high school for engaging in a serious bullying case, her parents confess that she is adopted. Ju decides to go on a journey to learn about where she comes from and, while she’s at it, discover who she is.
• Multi-awarded author: Llança de Sant Jordi, Òmnium Cultural, Valencian Literary Criticism Award and Carlemany Award for the promotion of reading.
• Bullying seen from a different perspective: from the abuser.
• A novel about learning.
• Topics: bullying, personal identity, searching for your roots.
• Crossover novel.
Young Adult
La Galera Young
Tres nits fora de casa (Three Nights Away from Home)
Marta Romagosa tells the story of a group of women, all of them friends, who meet in the same place in the summer. Tres nits fora de casa shows their friendship in different moments of their lives. The author talks about what it’s like to be a woman in her fifties now, about the distorting mirror of expectations, and about the excitement you feel when you are young against the reality of growing up. They offer us a glimpse into the past from the point of view of aging.
A time and a place to be young again, to tell each other about their life and to avoid everyday reality.
What if at the age of fifty everything was still waiting to be done? Marta Romagosa shows that friendship is the fuel for a new beginning.
Fiction
Univers
Una educació (An Education)
In the form of a memoir, the fifteen chapters comprising Una educació portray the worries and carelessness of a young Catalan man in London in the seventies. In his most personal book, Miquel Berga ironically and compassionately depicts the mishaps of a young man with no resources who learns to live and survive in an environment and a culture that are perceived as a friendly refuge, far from the miseries and turmoil caused by the agony of the Franco regime in Spain and the beginning of the transition to democracy. The situations and characters that appear in the book are the distillation of a sentimental education, but also a delightful recreation of the English hours of a Catalan man who arrives in London on a plane as a stowaway passenger, convinced that this was enough back then: “I was twenty years old and I had two telephone numbers.”
“Reading Berga, we might even believe that we are, at times, somewhat civilized.” Vicenç Pagès
“Miquel Berga is one of the greatest authors—once you’ve read one of his books, you won’t be able to do without his sharp look.” Antoni Puigverd
“His warm prose and his smooth, undulating style are placed at the service of an epicurean attitude towards life that allows him to deflate the balloon of stiffness, fatuity and pedantry and to treat the reader face to face with total honesty.” Xavier Pla
Fiction
Univers
Les esferes del temps (The Spheres of Time)
Barcelona, spring 1888. A creature with superhuman powers is leaving a trail of victims wherever it goes, but the recurring attacks are kept a secret to avoid a scandal that could damage the image of the city, which is about to host the highly anticipated World’s Fair.
Domènech is a young orphan who arrives in the city in a traveling freak show, where he is presented as an oddity because of the scars that cover his entire body. Soon enough, he’ll realize that his life is closely linked to the monster threatening the city’s fragile balance, and that the small accidents related to fire that have always haunted him have a wonderful—but also terrible—explanation.
“A great steampunk story set in late 19th-century Barcelona with a young protagonist who will have to find his place in the world.” Laia Falcón
“Monsters, invisible creatures, ghosts, objects that move on their own and historical conspiracies! Enjoy a fresh, original and addictive fantasy novel.” Jorge Jiménez
“Les esferes del temps takes you to a 19th century full of adventures, shadows and magic. A fascinating novel that you won’t be able to put down.” Laia Soler
Young Adult
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Noel et busca (Noel’s Looking for You)
Enric wakes up in a hospital. There is police at the door, and he doesn’t know who to trust. He only has a few disjointed memories of who he is and why he has ended up in there. Someone visits him and claims to know all about it, but Enric has every reason to doubt this… As he starts finding things out, he is struck by a very worrying suspicion: What if he discovers who he is, and he ends up not liking himself and his life?
From the expert hand of Àngel Burgas, this book will excite readers of almost any age. It can be read simply as a thriller.
Young Adult
La Galera Young
Secretos de la luna llena (Secrets of the Full Moon Trilogy)
The world is at war, with the Fae battling against mankind. Seaben, Prince of the Fae, is to marry Fay, Princess of the Elves, in an alliance that will tip the balance of the war in their favour. Eirene, Fay’s cousin, travels with her to the fairy kingdom. An encounter with a strange troubadour changes their lives forever.
Alliances is the first volume of the Secrets of the Full Moon trilogy. It was chosen by Babelia Magazine as one of the best YA reads of the year and won Best Novel in a series given by El Templo de las Mil Puertas, one of the most prestigious online magazines of YA literature published in Spanish.
The plot of Alliances revolves around four characters and the secrets of the fairy kingdom, Lothaire, and its mysterious Queen Mab. In the second book Encounters, we see the consequences of the reckless decisions made in the first part and the action moves to the Elf and Human kingdoms Astrea and Anderia.
Finally, in Farewells, all the threads come together in a dramatic climax as the war reaches a critical point where nobody is safe.
Young Adult
La Galera Young
Sentinels (Sentinels)
A TV host decides to give up his gossip show and become a hero of justice. He and his schoolfriend set up Sentinels, a reality show where ten people will be turned into a team of heroes and fight for peace, justice and share.
Their life as a group is fascinating but chaotic, and their missions are a far cry from the epic feats of Marvel or DC Comics. An evil enemy, Doctor Terror, will do everything he can to stop them.
A sarcastic, fast-paced novel about the darker side of television, fame,reality shows, superheroes, friendship and love.
Young Adult
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Cornèlius i el rebost d’impossibles (Cornelius and the Store of Impossible Things)
Cornelius and the Store of Impossible Things is the story of a shop that sells everything its customers need, whatever it is. In just three years Carles Sala has won the five most important prizes in Catalan children’s and YA literature.
Middle Grade
La Galera
La calle Andersen (Andersen Street)
Andersen St. is clearly inspired by the finest steampunk tradition. It is a novel in which science and magic come together, featuring amazing automata, the struggle to create artificial life, unscrupulous investigators, the attraction for the secret and the occult, and failed experiments on humans – a brutal story about a group of young people with nothing to lose and evil inventors with much to gain.
With magnificent illustrations by Lola Rodríguez.
Middle Grade
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La nena que es va convertir en mòbil (The Girl Who Turned into a Mobile Phone)
Mukele lives in Africa, in a nameless village in the foothills of Kilimanjaro. She fearfully obeys the words of Amwilu, a sorcerer, though no one believes in magic anymore, and the villagers only listen to him out of tradition. However, the sorcerer does possess an amount of power and in the wrong hands it could bring terrible consequences. Mukele will suffer a curse from which she will only be able to escape with wit and luck. A great deal of luck.
Middle Grade
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Hachiko
Millions of travellers every year see the metal statue of a dog in front of Shibuya Station, in Tokyo.
Many may wonder who this dog was. But not the locals, since the story of professor Ueno and his dog Hachiko is legendary. There was even a Japanese movie devoted to it in the 80’s, which was remade by Hollywood in 2009, Hachiko, A Dog’s Tale, starring Richard Gere.
Ueno, a lecturer at Tokyo University, finds a dog one day and adopts it. The animal is so faithful that, day-in and day-out, it accompanies him to the train station and waits there untill Ueno returns. A relationship that nothing, not even separation, not even something worse,can break.
Hachiko: The Dog Who Waited has been published in countries like China and Vietnam.
With exquisite illustrations by one of Spain’s most awarded new talents, Zuzanna Celej.
Middle Grade
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Yellow Van Series
Imagine what a surprise for Max and Mia’s family when they discover that the second-hand van they have just bought travels not only to the most unique, far-flung places, but also through time!
With its funny, simple verses and off-centre humour, this series is ideal for parents to read aloud to their children. Full of activities to complement the reading, the series also challenges the reader’s observation skills, making them books to be read and re-read time and time again.
Beginning readers
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Donde no haya niebla (Where there is no Fog)
One of the most promising voices in Spanish young adult literature
Nessa has inherited her mother’s telekinesis, and because of that she has lived in hiding for the past ten years in a small town in the United States, where nothing ever happens. But Nessa dreams of seeing the world. When Roy, her best friend, shows up one night at her door after being brutally beaten by his father, they decide to run away and start from scratch.
• The author was finalist in the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Literary Award for Young People and has received the Ripley Award
for Science Fiction and Horror.
• Spin-off of Aunque llueva fuego, with 3,000 copies sold
• A coming-of-age that will easily connect with readers.
• For Stranger Things fans.
Young Adult
La Galera Young
Bajo el metal (Under the Metal)
Under the Metal is a book of nonfiction set in a postapocalyptic Japan that is ridden with robots, androids, and a terrible mafia.
In her first novel, Irene Morales has managed to masterfully bring together the best of science fiction with a modern and up-to-date view of relationships.
Japan, 2304. Hotaro and Ichiro are two mechatronics from the underbelly of deserted Tokyo. Their reputation for accepting any assignment, no matter how gruesome or twisted, leads a capo of the mafia to offer them a juicy new gig: to fix and update the last neoman in the country, an illegal android he wants to auction to the highest echelons. A problem arises when Hotaro, who is in charge of updating the android Akaashi, begins to suspect that the bidders aren’t the only ones interested in the robot, andthat a false step could trigger the city’s destruction (or salvation).
• Novel set in a post-apocalyptic Japan controlled by the fearsome Yakuza, with a captivating and surprising storyline that will thrill science fiction lovers
• For fans of Luna 174, by Clara Duarte; Cinder, by Marissa Meyer; Scythe, by Neal Shusterman, or Renegades, by Marissa Meyer.
“A wonderful combination of neon lights and shadows, rawness and hope, dirt and purity. It’s hard to achieve such a special balance and it will be hard to forget this book.” La Nave Invisible
“Between silver and gold, it gets under the readers’ skin to delve into their feelings in a game of well-built relationships and the struggle for power”. Andrea Prieto Pérez
Young Adult
La Galera Young
Hopi Series
One night an enormous condor drops Hopi the puppy from the sky. Hopi is taken in by Fernando, and soon shows he has a keen sense of smell, which will help Fernando and Balbina solve the mysteries they come across in each of their adventures. Funny, full of action and exquisitely illustrated, the story of Hopi has all the ingredients of an instant classic to match the stories of Beatrix Potter.
With incredible illustrations by one of Spain’s top new talents, the Polish-born Zuzanna Celej.
Beginning readers
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El món dels animals (The World of Animals)
A big board book of first words about the world of animals, with fantastic illustrations by Emma Schmid.
The forest, the ocean, the farm, the jungle… Arrenged by order of habitat, first readers will discover more than 150 animals from all over the world!
Picture book
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Dos fils (Two Threads)
Moussa is an African boy who takes a trip every day with his toy train. On two threads, Moussa drives a train every day. With a piece of string in his hand, he drags a box for tin cans that acts as a locomotive, with the driver and a companion, and two cardboard boxes, full of passengers. The next morning a thread leads him to the baobab, where his grandfather tells him stories. In the evening he follows another that takes him back home.
Picture book
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En Faiquè (Mr. Do)
Mr. Do is a special postman in a very special and fun world. He wears one shoe, two pairs of glasses, three pocket watches and carries four leather sacks in which he has five wads of postcards, six bundles of letters, seven telegrams and eight urgent packages.
A very special album in which the names and the unreality are very ordinary.
Picture book
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L’aventura de la vida (The Adventure of Life)
Eudald Carbonell takes us on a thrilling journey on Charles Darwin’s ship, The Beagle. Their adventurous travels take us through why humankind has become what we are now and how we have evolved –from the discovery of fire to today’s genetic engineering. A wonderful voyage through different episodes of human evolution.
Picture book
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Mariona i els seus monstres (Mariona and Her Monsters)
A splendid wordless illustrated book inspired by the writer’s relationship with his daughter Mariona.
Mariona is a special who loves painting and unlike other girls and boys, she isn’t afraid of monsters. They are her friends!
A book for emotional education, it describes fear without words, opening an avenue into human feelings with exquisite artwork.
Picture book
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Luna 174 (The Moon 174)
Clara Duarte debut novel is a very original and surprising story. A clever mix of fantasy and sci-fi, it is, above all, a love story that can withstand any distance and even death.
Luna Hatton is a twenty-year-old who lives in a small village in Australia. She was born with a curious gift: She can sense people’s auras. Used to the grey souls that usually surround her, one day she finds a soul that is completely white. Gaia Wheeler’s soul.Looking for a job to support herself, Luna stumbles upon the Andromeda company, who offer her a job using her gift to supposedly help others. But nothing is as she was told. From that moment onwards Luna’s life will change forever. Just like Gaia’s life. They will have to fight together against everything if they wish to be free. Will they make it?
The novel tackles a very current and hot topic: the normalization of same sex relationships
Young Adult
La Galera Young
Cada seis meses (Every Six Months)
What would life be like if you only existed for six months out of the year?
Hana meets Ro. Ro meets Hana.
Hana and Ro’s story begins like this: with a fight. A supermarket.
A broken door to a grimy bathroom. An electric piano and eight plants with names. Like all things, it’s tacky and awkward. But also beautiful. It’s normal. Throughout that summer, Hannah thinks to herself: “this could last forever.” Hana goes to sleep on August 31. When she wakes up, Ro is gone. Ro no longer exists. No one remembers her, apparently no on has met her. Everything that has anything to do with her is gone. Hana is the only person who can remember her.What would your life look like if you only existed six months a year?
Young Adult
La Galera Young
Aunque llueva fuego (Even If it Rains Fire)
France, 1955. Arielle Larue brings chaos wherever she goes. And after a terrible incident she is sent to Sainte Geneviève, a boarding school, for her own protection and the protection of others. The last thing she expected was to find a new family inside that old manor but that she does and now she is determined to protect the ones she loves, whatever the cost.
When Arielle got to Chardin’s house she was asked to follow four simple rules:
Don’t ever talk about what’s happening to you.
Don’t ever forget to breath.
Don’t ever forget what makes you feel alive.
Don’t ever fall in love.
But she broke the first rule, after destroying the fourth one, forgetting the second and ignoring the third…
Young Adult
La Galera Young
El llibre de les estacions (The Book of the Seasons)
A sweet story that goes through all the seasons of the years accompanied by gorgeous full colour illustrations.
What is that tiny animal that appears all throughout the year? Follow in the footsteps of the Misty, the puppy, and enjoy the seasons with the wonderful illustrations by Laia Berloso and
the heart-warming story by Anna Canyelles. From the same author of our bestsellers The Three Wisemen and El ratoncito Pérez.
Picture book
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Al parc (In the Park)
Everything can happen in the park, children and animals gather there. All you need is a small ball so that, while playing, friendship and the desire to share find their way.
In the No Words series, each book has an early age concept: shapes, colours, contraries, and telling astory to introduce and explain the concept as well as introduce storytelling to the small ones. asset to the series is that each book is independent and also illustrated by different artists, each one of them, renown in the field.
Picture book
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Pastel de zanahoria (Carrot Pie)
Mr. Rabbit makes the best carrot cakes in the forest. Today he will cook a yummy one. Oh wait … where have all the carrots gone? Mr. Rabbit is going to have to use his detective skills to find them. Will you help him? Welcome and welcome to his den!
In the No Words series, each book has an early age concept: shapes, colours, contraries, and telling astory to introduce and explain the concept as well as introduce storytelling to the small ones. asset to the series is that each book is independent and also illustrated by different artists, each one of them, renown in the field.
Picture book
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On és en Gran? (Where is Big?)
Little is a monster who wonders where Big, his best friend, must be. While trying to find him, he meets a lot of monsters, and there is no one like him: there is one with a long tail and another with a very short tail, a monster that speaks for the unsteady and one that is always quiet … and even one that goes clean and polished and another that stinks a bit!
In the No Words series, each book has an early age concept: shapes, colours, contraries, and telling astory to introduce and explain the concept as well as introduce storytelling to the small ones. asset to the series is that each book is independent and also illustrated by different artists, each one of them, renown in the field.
Picture book
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Vull la lluna (I Want the Moon)
The princess wants the Moon, because it is round. She does not realize that around her there are square, round, rectangular and all kind of shapes objects. I Want the Moon is focused on teaching the different shapes: square, circle, triangle… through comparing them with real objects from our day to day life.
In the No Words series, each book has an early age concept: shapes, colours, contraries, and telling astory to introduce and explain the concept as well as introduce storytelling to the small ones. asset to the series is that each book is independent and also illustrated by different artists, each one of them, renown in the field.
Picture book
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Nosaltres, després (Us, Afterwards)
We find four main characters, two men and two women, whom we meet when they are young, when life is practically about to debut – but everyone is already dragging a singular childhood.
Set in contemporary Barcelona, Soler has written with his characteristic, detailed and cinematic style, a novel that cannot be missed and that will catch his loyal readers.
The characters who live there have longings, expectations, and hopes that move them. And they experience, like us, frustrations, joys and desires and, above all, love. And friendship, which is one of its main forms-
Fiction
Univers
La ciutat que més m’estimo (My Beloved City)
Lia lives on her parents’ farm, a place where she is happy and where every night is spent staring at the immense starry sky, a magical moment for her. When her family announces that they will visit her aunts, Lia is thrilled with the prospect of getting to know the city for the first time. What she didn’t imagine is that the city is a place where everyone goes in a hurry, the noise is constant and at night it is impossible to see a single star.
Together with her cousin Pau, Lia begins a particular crusade to achieve a sustainable, clean and environmentally friendly city.
Picture book
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El mar que més m’estimo (My Beloved Ocean)
When Biel dives underwater, he finds an ocean full of plastic and waste. That’s not right. . . something has got to be done! Biel rushes to grab his inflatable boat and fishing rod, ready to clean it all up. But the ocean is too large and Biel is too small. Maybe if he asked for help, and if everyone got involved…
A deeply relevant topic that will help raise awareness in children.
So that our ocean will be free from plastic!
Picture book
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Vida. Herbari il·lustrat (Life. Illustrated Herbiary)
LIFE. Illustrated Herbiary is a comprehensive book and an ideal gift. Over two hundred pages long, it is divided into sections on birds, butterflies, other insects and fish. Santamans’ hyper-realistic, clear style perfectly transmits the combination of precision and fascination we find so captivating in natural history treatises.
Accompanying Santamans’ illustrations are comments by her father, a farmer who lives a life that is perfectly integrated into nature rather than being fascinated by it. His texts are personal and scientifically valid.
It is a genuine yet accessible art book that will delight anyone who loves nature or art and illustration.
Artistic book
Bridge
813. Truffaut per Paula Bonet (813. Truffaut by Paula Bonet)
One of Europe’s best-known illustrators tackles the mythical director of Jules et Jim and searches Truffaut’s concept of love.
François Truffaut, one of the greatest exponents of France’s Nouvelle Vague, is of course one of the greatest film directors of all times. And Paula Bonet, one of today’s most acclaimed European illustrators, is a huge fan.
This book is her heartfelt homage to the creator of Jules et Jim, Les Quatre Cents Coups, La Peau Douce, La Nuit Americaine…
Artistic book
Bridge
Mirabilia
Who makes you think of your significant other at the very same time that (s)he’s thinking of you?
Who puts the dewdrops on the flowers before the sun comes up?
Who visits us at night and ruffles our hair while we sleep?
A beautiful bestiary of magical characters like nothing you’ve ever seen before. And this is the whole point: no one has ever seen them, even though they are involved with the most commonplace events of your life.
The delicate illustrations, the reinvented universe and the poetic sensibility of the text make this book a perfect gift for readers of all ages.
Artistic book
Bridge
Ya soy mayor (I’m Old Enough)
Little Elephant is already grown-up and has an important mission: to go alone to buy the last few things they need for the Centennial Turtle Party. What could go wrong? Unsure of how his problems start, he messes up the quantities, eats all the chocolate, gets distracted with a meerkat that is lost… and his mission turns into a complete mess!
A story about autonomy, how to face your first assignments, failure and its consequences.
Topics: failure, adventures, humanity, tenderness, love, courage.
A book filled with positive values and an endearing character reminiscent of the mythical Babar.
The author, Susanna Isern has received the Moonbeam Children’s Book Award for best illustrated album on several occasions, and is one of the most valued picture book authors in the Spanish market.
Picture book
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Vida. Bestiari il·lustrat (Life. Illustrated Bestiary)
A book that shows the extent to which art imitates nature.
LIFE is a comprehensive book and an ideal gift. Over two hundred pages long, it is divided into sections on birds, butterflies, other insects and fish. Santamans’ hyper-realistic, clear style perfectly transmits the combination of precision and fascination we find so captivating in natural history treatises.
Accompanying Santamans’ illustrations are comments by her father, a farmer who lives a life that is perfectly integrated into nature rather than being fascinated by it. His texts are personal and scientifically valid.
LIFE is a genuine yet accessible art book that will delight anyone who loves nature or art and illustration.
Artistic book
Bridge
Supergermans (Supersiblings)
Pepe and Valentina are now older siblings. And they both share the same concern: their little sister. An unbearable baby who screams, cries… and has taken over their room! One night, while everyone is sleeping, Pepe hears a voice in his little sister’s crib. But she can’t speak yet, so… who might it be? Feeling frightened, Pepe and Valentina discover that the cuddly toys have come to life and are planning a huge rebellion. And nothing and no one will change their minds. Will the Supersiblings be able to control the situation? Will they find a solution for this unexpected riot?
When they both face the same problem, the SUPERSIBLINGS set aside their differences and come together to solve it.
As real as life: the relationship between siblings is never easy, but when they have the same goal, they don’t stop until they achieve it.
It includes rivalry and jealousy, good times, teamwork, fantasy, a touch of mystery and humour. A lot of humour. Something parents will perfectly understand. Having a brother or a sister isn’t so bad — they can often be very helpful.
Beginning readers
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El bosc que més m’estimo (My Beloved Forest)
Gala and her grandmother love exploring the forest. They discover the bear cave together, say hi to the rabbits and their babies and contemplate the wisest tree of all trees. But as time goes by, the forest gets more and more dirty and there’s a tragedy — a fire. Her grandmother tells her that it’s because of deforestation, and the young girl, who is sad and angry but doesn’t give up, comes up with a brilliant idea to bring life and colour back to the forest.
Illustrated book that is perfect to understand why it’s so important to take care of our planet.
Positive values and a very needed message.
Present-day topics.
They raise awareness among children.
Ideal for learning concepts such as environmental awareness, recycling and circular economy.
At the end: information about our forests’ and seas’ health and advice on how to preserve them.
Beginning readers
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Aqua Marina Series
Is there a hidden city deep in the ocean called Mermaidland? Are mermaids and mermen actually real? For thousands of years, this has been the ocean’s best kept secret. But something really serious is going on underwater, and perhaps it is time for some young boys and girls to learn the truth. You have been chosen for a very important mission! Now more than ever, we need… Ocean Guards!
Aqua Marina 1. The Secret of the Ocean
My name’s Aqua, I was born with sea blue hair and I’m a MERMAID! Yes, you read that right — mermaids are real and we live in MERMAIDLAND, a mysterious city hidden beneath the ocean. But something huge is going on, and my friends and I want to find out what it is. To do so, we must go through the Giant Algae Forest, which is inhabited by spine-chilling beings… and a witch! And this is just the beginning of our journey!
Aqua Marina 2. The Mystery of the Eclipse
Can you imagine suddenly discovering that you have a sister? A sister who lives far away and seems to be from a different world, but who has more in common with you than you thought? Well, that’s what happened to me. And you have no idea how great it was to have her around when that horrible thing happened and the secret about mermaids was nearly spread around the seven seas. But I’m already talking too much…
Aqua Marina 3. The Mystery of the Eclipse
After meeting Aqua and her friends and living their first adventures underwater, as well as some dangerous situations, the third book takes us along to a lake that hides an important secret. There’s a treasure that is in great danger, and Aqua and her friends are the only ones who could find it and keep it save… Will they manage to get there before it’s too late?
Characters:
• Aqua: She’s very imaginative, fearless and a little stubborn. She loves adventures and dreams of becoming an explorer mermaid.
• Blu: She’s Aqua’s best friend. She has read dozens of books and knows a lot of things! She’s a very responsible and cautious mermaid, and the perfect counterpoint to Aqua.
• Ori: A shy merman, he sometimes gets tongue-tied, especially when he’s nervous. He has photographic memory and can talk to animals.
• Fin: He’s a strong and agile merman. He’s a bit cheeky and thinks he’s unbeatable, but he has a secret — he’s terrified of the dark. And it looks like he has a crush on Valentina.
• Valentina: She’s a human girl, the only one who knows about mermaids and mermen. She usually sails the high seas on board of the Happiness, her grandfather’s ship. She’s brave and very curious.
A fascinating series about friendship and the magic of the sea.
Stand-alone adventures that can be read independently. In each book, the Ocean Guards face a different danger that they will have to overcome.
Short chapters and simple plots, perfect for readers from the age of 8.
Present-day, interesting topics: mermaids and mermen, humour, mystery, adventure, friendship, environmental awareness.
Middle Grade
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Paradisos oceànics (Oceanic Paradises)
With her words, Aurora Bertrana was able to make the world a tad smaller. Polynesia was a land remote, lost, unimaginableuntil she went there; until she set sail to Papeete and began sending her writings on Oceania to Catalonia, Europe. This took place in the late 1920s. Bertrana, then forty-four, arrived in that exotic, utterly strange place and, for three years,devoted herself to describing its nature and writing about itspeople. She wrote most of all about the women: about forced marriages, motherhood without strings, free love. She traveled because she was both searching for something and trying to escape something. Ever since she was a child, Aurora had hidden in her grandfather’s library to read: but there wasn’t enough for her in her village. She was escaping the life her mother had pictured for her when she taught her to sew, to embroider, to knit, so that she would become a respectable lady. A cellist, she’d no interest in busying her hands with children
and needles. She’s rather use them to play jazz and to write stories that transported her readers to ocean paradises with descriptions as evocative and striking as: “The green of the flora looked like it was recently painted, still wet and gleaming with varnish.”
A European phenomenon unlike any other. The publication of Paraísos oceánicos in 1930 was an
immediate sales phenomenon and consecrated its author as the travel writer. Which is understandable – the literary renditions of the experiences Aurora Bertrana amassed between 1926 and 1929 in Papeete – the capital of French Polynesia and a month-and-ahalf’s travel from Barcelona – turned her into an unparalleled European phenomenon. Paradisos Oceànics was soon translated into Spanish, expanded by the author, and published under the title Islas de ensueño. A couple of years later, it was translated into French as Fenua Tahiti. Vision de Polynésie (Delachaux & Niestlé, 1943).
“In Paraísos oceánicos, which collects the chronicles the author wrote in Papeete, a kind of storytelling that is hard to come by today, lives on. It may be that the excess of photos and videos in the twenty-first century has deprived us of a taste for the meticulous description of landscapes; of what we hear and feel in them; and even of their smell, though no image could express it better than a handful of fitting words.”
The book Includes photographs of Polynesia taken by the author for the 1933 edition of Islas de ensueño (Island of Dreams), a chapter of her memoirs, and eight unpublished stories.
Non-Fiction
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The Magic of Cooking
Spanish, Catalan and English editions available.
In The magic of cooking, Carme Ruscalleda opens her kitchens to readers and teaches them about the dishes that have made her a gastronomic icon, a chef with unparalleled stars: three at Sant Pau, her restaurant in Sant Pol de Mar; two at the restaurant of the same name in Tokyo; and two more at Moments, the restaurant she runs with her son in Barcelona’s Mandarin Hotel.
Carme Ruscalleda tirelessly claims nature as her inspiration and sees her work as the pursuit of and homage to the landscapes around her, as well as to raw materials, which she sees as an
endangered treasure. Her kitchen is sensorial and delicate, evocative and painstaking, local and global – shirking artifice, she seeks authentic flavors. Hers is a kitchen like those of people who grew up in houses with daily trips to the market, where families cooked with seasonal products. Here, in The magic of cooking, a self-taught woman, both strong and tenacious, unveils her secrets.
In a constant reinterpretation of traditional cooking, Ruscalleda is respectful of products and their seasons, creating dishes that are real blends of aromas, flavors, textures, and colors.
The magic of cooking is a book for the whole family. Beginning with an introduction on food groups, nutrition, and health, it then offers a view into the various culinary cultures around the world, listing and explaining modern cooking techniques and making note throughout the various chapters of the different ways in which one can cook food: by boiling, frying, barbecuing, grilling, sautéing, stewing…
In each of her chapters, Ruscalleda gives advice on how to make the best possible dish, offering the reader recipes of varying degrees of difficulty. For example, in the section about fried foods, she teaches us how to make the best fried egg, while in the following pages she walks readers through more crafted recipes, such as tempura or mushroom fritters
Cooking
Bridge
Mystical Series
A new ‘Magical Girls’ series in the vein of Sailor Moon or W.I.T.C.H. for a new generation of girls and boys, written and illustrated by two extremely talented young creators.
Earth is a world of light and order. Next to it, there’s another world, one full of darkness and violence. A Door stands between them. A Door that opens every two hundred years and releasing dark creatures that invade our world. To fight that evil The Door chooses five girls and bestows them with the powers of the five planes (Corporeal, Elemental, Boreal, Mental, and Essential), which transforms them into Mystical, warriors girls, Guardians of the Door.
Even though Erin, Nora, Iris, Hana and Luna share a classroom, they share little else. But one fateful night, their lives change forever. Each chapter is told from the point of view of one of the book’s five protagonists, each of them unique on their own way. Their story is filled with fantasy and action scenes combined with the day-to-day troubles of these fifteen-year-old girls.
The Mysticals are:
Erin
Brave, decisive, a natural leader. Erin is passionate about science and incredibly popular. She will be granted the powers of the Corporeal Plane and will become the Corporeal Mystical
with enhanced speed, strength and senses.
Iris
An artist through and through, Iris is extremely independent and doesn’t care a wink what others think. Terribly mature for her age, she sometimes prefers to retreat from the world. She will be granted the powers of the Mental Plane, which include telepathy and telekinesis. She will be the Mental Mystical.
Nora
Shy and discreet, she doesn’t mind being in Erin’s shadow. A team player, she will be granted powers of the Elemental Plane, which will allow her to control the natural elements. Nora will be the Elemental Mystical.
Luna
A practical girl who loves astronomy, Luna is the only one out of the five girls who knows about the existence of the Door and the role the Mystical have to play. Granted the powers of the Essential Plane, Luna will become the Essential Mystical, with the ability to control the energy around her.
Hana
Hana dances to her own tune, which is flashy and vibrant. An absent-minded unredeemable gossip, she dreams of becoming an actress. She will be granted the powers of the Boreal Plane and will become the Boreal Mystical, with the ability to manipulate light and heat.
The series’ publication includes a significant press and marketing campaign.
Middle Grade
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