MY FAVOURITE TALES TREN AZUL A BABY BROTHER? BINDING: Hardback NUMBER OF PAGES: 32 ISBN: 978-84-236-9619-2 SIXE: 21 x 20 SUMMARY: Mum’s going to have a baby; she touches her belly and calls me to do the same. Something’s moving in there. And it feels to me like the flapping of a butterfly wing… But mum’s convinced it’s a baby and I don’t want her to become disillusioned. AUTHOR: Margarita Mainé was born in 1960 in Ingeniero Maschwitz, a town in the province of Buenos Aires. She qualified as a pre-school teacher at the "Sara C. de Eccleston" National Institute of Teacher Training. In this way she began her teaching career as a teacher of gardening and discovered an endless source of tales, stories and anecdotes arising from working day-to-day with children. Initially, she worked with children with hearing difficulties and later became a pre-school and primary school teacher, which she did for 15 years. For her, writing tales is a way of keeping in contact with her childhood and with the children who still today mean that she enjoys her day-to-day work. ILLUSTRATOR: Mabel Piérola was born in Madrid (1953). She studied Fine Arts at the San Fernando school in Madrid and the Sant Jordi in Barcelona. She has participated in several competitions and individual exhibitions. She currently combines the work she is commissioned to do with the writing of her own stories using a variety of techniques and styles. 2 MY FAVOURITE TALES TREN AZUL A MOUNTAIN FOR PANCHO BINDING: Hardback NUMBER OF PAGES: 32 ISBN: 978-84-236-9586-7 SIZE: 21 x 20 SUMMARY: There was once a little elephant called Pancho. He lived in the jungle with giraffes and hippopotamuses. But he used to get really bored. Would you like to hear his story? AUTHOR: Margarita Mainé was born in 1960 in Ingeniero Maschwitz, a town in the province of Buenos Aires. She qualified as a pre-school teacher at the "Sara C. de Eccleston" National Institute of Teacher Training. In this way she began her teaching career as a teacher of kindergarden and discovered an endless source of tales, stories and anecdotes arising from working day-to-day with children. Initially, she worked with children with hearing difficulties and later became a pre-school and primary school teacher, which she did for 15 years. For her, writing tales is a way of keeping in contact with her childhood and with the children. ILLUSTRATOR: Nora Inés Hilb was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 10 September, 1953. She has illustrated over 60 children’s books for important publishers: Sudamericana, Alfaguara, Planeta, Atlántida, Aique and A-Z, in Argentina; Nord-Sud Verlag / North-South books of Switzerland; Annick Press, Chirp Magazine (Bayard Press) in Canada; Edebé in Spain España; Moon Mountain and Sandvik Innovations in the United States and Il Punto d´Incontro in Italy. She is a member of ALIJA (Association of Children’s and Young Adult Literature of Argentina), the Illustrators Forum’ (Argentina) and of SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators). 3 MY FAVOURITE TALES TREN AZUL FIRE!!! BINDING: Hardback NUMBER FO PAGES: 32 ISBN: 978-84-96352-69-8 SIZE: 21 x 20 SUMMARY: Andrés explains how he revolutionized his home with his learning skills. He tried to become a hairdresser doing his grandpa’s hair on a ponytail, cutting his sister’s plaits or dying his father’s hair on green. Until his mother discovered it. Then he decided to become a fireman but he fired the barbecue. Then he wanted to become a waiter, serving the breakfast to his parents but… everything is a mess! His father was angry but then he embraced him and his mother kissed him because he is still too young to know what it feels like being adult. AUTHOR: Fina Casalderrey was born in Xeve, Pontevedra on 11 August 1951. She studied to be an infant teacher and worked as a teacher as of the age of nineteen. From then on, she started to dip into literary creation as an author and director of several theatre plays. She has been awarded several prizes including the Merlín Prize, 1991, and in 1994 she received the “El Barco de Vapor” which was later to become the National Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature. ILLUSTRATOR: Born in Portonovo in June 1944, he is one of the most sought after Galician illustrators and has collaborated with most publishing companies. Trained in painting (he has presented paintings at numerous individual and collective exhibitions), his work as a poster designer and graphic designer in advertising agencies has given him an undeniable ability to adapt to different publics and themes as well as security and efficiency in his strokes and great control of space. 4 MY FAVOURITE TALES TREN AZUL THE DANGEROUS HORRIBLE HOUSE BINDING: Hardback UMBER OF PAGES N : 32 ISBN: 978-84-236-9281-1 SIZE: 21 x 20 SUMMARY: A little boy is terrified of the monsters who live across the road. One day he overcomes his fear and his sisters' jibes, and sneaks into the house... where he makes friends with the monsters Aagh, Eeegh, Iiigh, Ooogh and Uuugh, themselves scared of another monster who lives across the road... the boy himself! The Dangerous Horrible House is a story told in first person by the main character, it is about childhood fears and problems between siblings. AUTHOR: Pablo Albo (Pablo Pérez). I was born in Alicante in 1971. I am a story-teller (a person who writes and tells stories). I tell stories for children, youngsters and adults. I also teach oral story-telling. I talk about books for children on the radio. ILLUSTRATOR: Claudia Ranucci was born in Rome although she has lived in Madrid for several years now. She studied Design and Illustration at the Urbino Institute for Artistic Industries in Italy. In 1998 she founded, along with Marello Conta, the Sparafucile design studio which in 2004 also became a publishng house known as SPR MSH. 5 MY FAVOURITE TALES TREN AZUL HUNGRY AS A WOLF BINDING: hardback NUMBER OF PAGES: 32 ISBN: 978-84-236-9585-0 SIZE: 21 x 20 SUMMARY: A small wolf finds itself in the middle of the wood, crying. It has lost its mummy and its three brothers. It saw the moon reflected in the river and wanted to catch it. That’s why it strayed from its mother and brothers’ footsteps. AUTHOR: Ignacio Sanz. Writer and oral narrator. Lastras de Cuéllar (Segovia) 1953. Holding a degree in Sociology by the Complutense University of Madrid, he has written a wide range of literary works totalling over fifty titles including novels, tales, children’s and young adult literature, travels and ethnography. Winner of several prizes for tales, he was a runner-up in the Torrente Ballester prize for narrative with his novel entitled “La música del bosque” and he won the 2010 “Ala Delta” prize for Children’s literature and “The inquisitive prince” 2010 for children’s poetry. Over 25 years, he has combined his work as a ceramicist with writing. Since 2005, he has been dedicated to writing and the tasks of socio-cultural animation. He lives in Segovia where, since 1983 he has coordinated the literary forum “The Tuesday Tertulia (social gathering)” which, with the sponsorship of Caja Segovia, has invited the most distinguished writers in the Spanish language. He directs the Segovia and El Espinar Festival of Oral Narrative. He has directed several reading and writing workshops. ILLUSTRATOR: Carlos Velázquez was born in Salamanca, in 1958. Dominating realism with his colours, he defined himself as an all roader capable of approaching any style. Holder of a degree in the Fine Arts, in the Design and Image speciality by the University of Salamanca, he worked for years in advertising, a sector which he decided to abandon in order to concentrate all of his creativity on illustration. Selected from the 1996 Círculos de Lectores caricatures section, he has participated in several exhibitions and has earned first prize in several billboard designing competitions. For EDEBÉ, he has also illustrated the tale Hambre de lobo (Hungry as a wolf) and young adult novel La piedra de la culebra. 6 COLLECTION SIMON THE DRAGON BINDING: Hardback PAGES: 40· SIZE: 21 x 20 SUMMARY: Simon the Dragon is a little flying dragon who spits fire from his mouth, but he doesn’t scare at all. He has a big heart and is always ready to help his friends. If you want to know more about him, you must read his fun adventures!! SIMON THE DRAGON AND THE SNEEZES SIMON THE DRAGON AND THE CHOCOLATE LAKE Includes some great games at the end of the book. To enjoy and learn. AUTHOR: Mercè Arànega paints and exhibits paintings. She has directed a modelling workshop, she has taught illustration at the la Lonja School of Applied Arts and Artistic Trades in Barcelona, she given classes to school teachers and post-graduates on reading encouragement, and she has also given numerous conferences. She loves visiting schools and libraries to tell boys and girls how to invent a story, and entrust them with the will to read. But what she devotes most of her time to is illustrating and writing, to such an extent that she has made it her profession. Children will easily learn a value such as environmental education and solidarity with games and activities. Educating in values is easy with Simon the Dragon! 7 COLLECTION TUPI’S PICTOGRAMS BINDING: Hardcover PAGES: 32 ·SIZE: 26 X 21,5 BINDING: Paperback PAGES: ·SIZE: 23 X 28,5 SUMMARY: Tupi the rabbit lives in a world surrounded by things that he is unable to name.