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The Mysterious Stones
Kiki is a young boy, growing up in Cuba in a house by the sea. He lives with his uncle and grandmother ever since his father sailed off across the ocean in search of a new life. One night, Kiki dreams about a ghost-like woman in white. He is amazed to encounter her the next day on a nearby beach, the same beach his father sailed off from. She leaves him a mysterious gift of colourful stones that give him newfound hope to be reunited with his father.
Letters from Alain
Contemporary subject matter--refugees and emigration.
The Mysterious Stones
Kiki is a young boy, growing up in Cuba in a house by the sea. He lives with his uncle and grandmother ever since his father sailed off across the ocean in search of a new life. One night, Kiki dreams about a ghost-like woman in white. He is amazed to encounter her the next day on a nearby beach, the same beach his father sailed off from. She leaves him a mysterious gift of colorful stones that give him newfound hope to be reunited with his father.
David’s Story
A classic of children's literature, translated into several languages. Separated from his parents who are deported by the Nazis, David struggles to survive, alone, hungry and scared, until he eventually finds his way to the city of Warsaw. There he learns from other Jewish boys how to work in the black market, dodging the police and the Gestapo until the terrible day comes when the Warsaw ghetto is cleared and everyone is herded onto trains for the long trip to the camps. Will David survive? Can he outwit them one more time? Shortlisted for The Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation. Reviews: “How was it possible for Stig Dalager to write about the last years of the story o...
El Principito
When French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint- Exupery flew off alone into a July night in 1944 and vanished, his mysterious end became an integral part of the story of his life. Now, hundreds of pieces of a wrecked Lockheed Lightning, found on the Mediterranean seabed off the coast of Provence, have been positively identified as the airplane he was flying that night on a wartime spy mission. French authorities confirmed the find yesterday, based on a serial number found on a piece of the tail. Saint-Exupery is beloved in France as the author of “The Little Prince.” No body was found, and so far the wreck has not revealed any cause for the crash. “This was our holy grail,” Philippe...
My Ocean
When his grandparents flee Cuba, twelve-year-old Enrique is left to figure out the reasons why he and his family have been left behind and turns to the ocean in the hopes of figuring out what he needs to do.
The Guitar in Venezuela During the XIX Century: History and References
This work synthesizes through oral tradition that during the nineteenth century there are findings of the guitar in historical musical documentation centers in Venezuela. Furthermore, at the same time, it fills a void in the knowledge of musicological research since there has been a misconception for many years that the guitar has been considered null and void in the nineteenth century for the country Venezuela.
El escritor frente al mito de un niño lector
Una reflexión sobre la literatura para niños y el papel que debe desempeñar el escritor, en un tipo de obras donde hay una clara intención de tratar las realidades de la infancia. En El escritor frente al mito..., Enrique Pérez Díaz analiza también el poder constructivo o destructivo que en la escritura de autor pueden tener aquellos mediadores entre escritor, libro y público lector, y ofrece una visión panorámica de la literatura infantil y juvenil, lógicamente vinculada, como juez y parte, a su propia experiencia.
