1 EUROTOOLBOX 2013-2014 SPANISH BOOKS 2 SUMMARY 1. Picture Books 1.1 CAPDEVILA, Roser – Un día en la nieve…las tres mellizas bebés. Barcelona: Cromosoma, S. A., 2011. ISBN: 978-84-15187-20-2 (7,50€) 1.2 KERN, Sergio; TURDERA, Cristian - En Rafa i la Zoe al parc . Barcelona: Bang. Ediciones, 2010. ISBN: 9788493775179 (13,00 €) 1.3 ALIAGA, Roberto – Los colores de Silvano . II. Arbat, Carles. Madrid: Hermes Editorial General, S.A.U. - Almadraba Editorial, 2009. ISBN: 978-84-9270-242-8 (12,90€) 1.4 KESELMAN, Gabriela – El chichón de Pino Il. Novoa, Teresa. Zaragoza: Editorial Luis Vives. 2006. ISBN: 84-263-6159-5 (8,50€) 1.5 ANDERSEN, Hans Christian; VICENTE, Marta – El patito feo . II. Vicente, Marta. Barcelona: Editorial Océano, S. L., 2011. ISBN: 978- 84-494-4448-7 (12,00€) 2. Children Books 2.1 PÉREZ ESCRIVÁ, Victoria – Cuando mi hermano se subió a un armario . Il. Serrano, Lucía. Madrid: Anaya, S.A. 2011. ISBN: 978-84- 667-9527-2 (8,20€) 2.2 RODRÍGUEZ SALIDO, Mª Victoria . – Mi amigo Hugo, El diario de Luna Moon, 1 . II. Okecki, Dolores. Madrid: Editorial Hidra S.L. 2009 ISBN: 978-84-937547-0-9 (8,95€) 3 2.3 BUCAY, Jorge – El temido enemigo. II. Gusti. Barcelona: Editorial Océano, S.L. 2011. ISBN: 978-84-494-4255-1(15,00€) 2.4 ANDERSEN, Hans Christian – El soldado de plomo . Adaptación del texto: SAN MIGUEL, Julia. Il.Tsou, Page. Madrid: Ediciones SM. 2012. ISBN: 978-84-675-5565-3 (14,50€) 2.5 HERNÁNDEZ, Pau Joan – Egipto. Un libro pop-up lleno de juegos, enigmas y sorpresas . Il. Vicente, Fernando. Barcelona: Combel Editorial, 2012. ISBN: 978-84-9825-568-3 (19,40€) 3. Teenager Books 3.1 PÉREZ, Mireia – La muchacha salvaje. 1. Nómada . II. Pérez, Mireia. Madrid: Ediciones Sinsentido, 2011. ISBN: 978-84-96722-84-2 (20,00€) 3.2 DE PAULA FERNÁNDEZ, Francisco – Canciones para Paula . León: Everest, 2010. ISBN: 978-84-441-4518-1(19,95€) 3.3 SIERRA I FABRA, Jordi –Juego, set y partido . Barcelona: Planeta S.A., 2009. ISBN: 978-84-08-08559-1 (9,95€) 3.4 CALLEJA, Seve –Cuentos y leyendas de la geografía española . II. Allen, Raúl. Barcelona: Editorial Juventud, S.A., 2010. ISBN:978-84- 261-3813-2 (29,00€) 3.5 ARGENTA, Fernando – Pequeña historia de la música . Il. Jvlivs & Calvo, José A. Madrid: Espasa Libros, S.L.U. ISBN: 978-84-670-3568- 1 (19,90€) 4 1. PICTURE BOOKS 1.1 Un día en la nieve…las tres mellizas bebés. Un día en la nieve…las tres mellizas bebés / Roser Capdevila. -Barcelona: Cromosoma, S.A.- TVC, 2011. [12] p. : il. col . ; 21x21cm ISBN: 978-84-15187-20-2 ►Synopsis: ‘A day in the snow’ , from the the ‘A very special day’ collection features ‘The Three Baby Triplets’ discovering the snow. They learn to ski and to sledge and they play and create a snowman… A fabulous experience and a day full of fun! ►The author/illustrator : Roser Capdevila (born in Barcelona, 1939) is a writer and children’s books illustrator. She started drawing when she was a child herself and her work includes printmaking, oil painting and watercolours. In 1980 she started writing and illustrating books, mostly for children, while she continued to publish popular fiction books for both young and adults. Moreover, since 1990, she has produced a series of cartoons of The Three Baby Triplets . Her work has been translated from Catalan language into all main European languages. In February 2010, she received the Golden Medal prize for excellence in Fine Arts, given by the Spanish Council of Ministers and she was further awarded with the Honours Medal from the Catalonian Parliament. 1.2 En Rafa i la Zoe al parc . En Rafa i la Zoe al parc (‘Rafa & Zoe at the Park’) / Sergio Kern; ilustraciones Cristian Turdera. - Barcelona: Bang Ediciones, 2010. [40] p.: il. col. ; 26x19 cm ISBN: 9788493775179 ►Synopsis: Where else better than a park to find new friends? Rafa & Zoe, even with all their differences, are made for each other…and…they still don’t know that fact! ►The authors and illustrators: Sergio Kern (born in Rosario, Argentina, 1954) worked as printer and typographer designing poetry books. As a plastic artist he participated in painting exhibitions in the Argentinean cities of Santa Fe, Entre Ríos and Córdoba and he also directed the comic collection called 'Tinta'. In 1982 he settled in Barcelona, Spain, where he continued his career as an illustrator. He currently lives in Buenos Aires, where he works as a poet, 5 comic designer, author and illustrator of children’s tales including Rafa y Zoe (Rafa & Zoe), Vengo a comerte (I am coming to eat you) , Había una vez una gata (Once upon a time there was a cat) , Había una vez un árbol (Once upon a time there was a tree) , ¿Qué tal ratones? (How are you doing, mice?) , Adriana y el árbol (Adriana and the tree) and Un tigre de papel (A paper tiger) . Cristian Turdera was born in Buenos Aires (Argentina) in 1973. His work combines illustration and design without drawing any separation line between the two disciplines. Author of more than 20 published books, amongst them Canción decidida , with texts from David Wapner, (Pequeño editor Argentina, 2003), La Reina Mab, El hada de las pesadillas , based on texts from William Shakespeare adapted by Ruth Kaufman (Pequeño editor, Argentina 2007) and Bobos and L´abecédaire des super-héros (The super heroes alphabet) , both with texts from Agnès de Lestrade, Éditions Milan , France 2008 and 2009, respectively. He currently works internationally for advertising agencies, magazines, papers and publishing houses. 1.3 Los colores de Silvano. Los colores de Silvano (‘Silvano’s Colours’)/ Roberto Aliaga; ilustraciones de Carles Arbat. - Madrid: Hermes Editora General, S.A.U. - Almadraba Editorial, 2009. [31] p. : il. col.; 24x22 cm ISBN: 978-84-9270-242-8 ►Synopsis: Once upon a time, many years ago, there was an old man who dreamed of flying like a bird do: beyond the clouds, around the Earth… Flying so high that he would be able to touch Heaven with his fingers. This is the story of Silvano, an old fisherman who spends the last years of his life in search of his dream… Because dreams are worth the effort. ►The author: Roberto Aliaga was born in Argamasilla de Alba (Ciudad Real, Spain) in 1976. He graduated in biology, and began his career in children's literature in 2005 with the book ‘La oficina de objetos perdidos y encontrados’ ( The Lost and Found Office ). In 2008, in collaboration with Roger Olmos, he won the Premio Lazarillo de Ålbum Infantil Ilustrado for El príncipe de los enredos ( The Prince of Tangles ). His works have been translated into several languages. ►The illustrator: Carles Arbat was born and lives in Bescanó (Girona, Spain). He graduated in Graphics Design and is a Multimedia Systems specialist. In 2000, he started his work as a professional illustrator for several publishing houses (Hiperión, Kalandraka, Aljibe, Brosquil, Edebé, Planeta&Oxford, etc.) and has illustrated children’s, teenagers’ and adults’ books as well as textbooks and advertising material. 6 1.4 El chichón de Pino. El chichón de Pino (‘Pino’s Head Bump’)/ Gabriela Keselman; ilustraciones de Teresa Novoa. - Zaragoza: Editorial Luis Vives, 2006. [24] p. : il. col.; 22x22 cm ISBN: 84-263-6159-5 ►Synopsis: Pino is a little bit reckless. One day at school he slips and gets a big bump on his head. The teacher takes care of him and pampers him and they all celebrate Osita’s birthday. ►The author: A writer living between Spain and Argentina, Gabriela Keselman is one of the most important Spanish language children's literature writers. She has published more than 30 children’s stories in magazines and more than 40 children’s books (some of them translated into English, French, Japanese, Korean and Portuguese). Gabriela Keselman has been awarded the most prestigious prizes of Spanish language children’s literature. ►The illustrator: Teresa Novoa was born, lives and works in Madrid, Spain. Teresa’s passion for drawing began when she was studying Architecture. Since 1990, she has illustrated children’s literature and text books. She has also collaborated on papers and has illustrated poetry books for adults. She was also author of some of the children’s books she illustrated, one of them published in Japan. She further collaborates with diverse Spanish and International publishing houses in France, Germany, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Japan, Korea and China), always illustrating books for children. She has been awarded multiple prizes for her work such as the ‘Premio a la orilla del viento’, by the Economic Culture fund of México) for “El pájaro y la princesa” (‘The bird and the princess’). She has been appointed at “Ilustrísimos”, an exhibition organized by the Spanish Ministry of Culture during the ‘XLII Children’s Book Fair’ in Bologna, Italy. She was further awarded with the “White Raven” prestigious label at the ‘Internationale Jugendbibliothek’ (International Youth Library) of München, Germany. 7 1.5 El patito feo. El patito feo (‘The ugly duckling’)/ Hans Christian Andersen y Marta Vicente; ilustraciones de Marta Vicente. - Barcelona: Editorial Océano, S. L., 2011. [45] p. : il. col.; 21.6 x 27.8 x 1 (cm) ISBN: 978-84-494-4448-7 ►Synopsis: At last, one afternoon the egg shells started to crack and the little newborn duck’s heads began to emerge. They were so cute and lovely with such soft and golden feathers! But, suddenly, from the biggest egg in the nest a very different creature’s head appeared… ►The author: Hans Christian Andersen (1805 -1875) is one of the most read authors in the world and he is considered to be one of the fathers of children’s literature.