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Mummy Wants To Fly is an illustrated children's book. The main character is a little boy who speaks in the first person: "My mummy does loads of things without me. My mummy lives in a balloon that she wants to fly up and away. Then I get worried because there are some balloons that disappear into the sky when they fly high. My mummy is the best mummy in the world but... she wants to fly".
Martin was an expert at losing things. His mother and grandmother were used to it, and took the whole thing with patience and a sense of humour: "You'll have to sew things to your hands!" Martin didn't worry about it much… until the day he lost his most beloved object: the album of family photographs, the only visual memory he has of his father. He had to find it, come what may.
Xenia works hard to be top of her class, inspired by the dream of studying medicine; but lately her performance has been flagging. The fact is that Xenia has fallen in love, though not with one of the boys she knows. She's fallen in love with a ghost, with a voice from the Internet who shares her passion for reading.
"I play at hiding kisses with my Grandpa Simón every day. Although he may have to go to hospital, although he may not be there, my Grandpa Simón and I keep playing...". An attractive artistic picture book, with simple words which describe the relationship between a granddaughter and her grandfather.
My great-grandmother is an old woman, a very old woman, and that's why she knows a lot about almost everything. She's very interesting and funny. Sometimes she seems sad, but she's almost always happy. She loves being with me, and I love being with her. If you like, I'll introduce you. Do you fancy meeting her? I call her Great Granny.
The everyday life of a family is changed by the unprecedented visit of Harjir, an uncle from India, and his pet. What an animal! Everything changes: the neighbourhood is more fun. One day… Harjir is always ready to help. He can solve almost any problem with his flute, and dresses the salad in a very odd way. - A lively, fun picture book.
"If only a Meerkat like me hadn't read that advertisement asking for pairs of animals of all species to undertake a voyage to a new world! If I hadn't, I wouldn't have got on that cursed ark while the great flood swamped the world, or have seen, in the middle of that chaos, the animals disappear, one by one, without trace."