New Spanish Titles - U

  • UN CUENTO PARA CADA LETRA
    Every letter tells a story
    Aprende las 29 letras y sonidos del abecedario
    Author:
    Carmen Gil
    Publisher: FUNDACION SANTA MARIA
    This collection of 29 stories, one for each letter of the alphabet, has been designed for children who are learning to read and write. It helps them to understand the spellings and sounds of each letter and to learn to recognise them. Each story has a letter as its protagonist. The texts have been composed in calligraphy font.
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  • Un dia de pesca
    A fishing trip
    Author:
    Tomeu Simo
    Publisher: VASARIS BALTA SL
    A fishing trip describes the adventures of two friends who set off on their Llaut [a traditional Majorcan boat] off the shores of the Balearic Islands in search of a good catch. But there are many surprises in store. The story is an ode to sailing, fishing, friendship and good food. FIRST EDITION: 2016. SECOND EDITION: 2017. THIRD EDITION: 2020.
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  • UN HERMOSO HUEVO BLANCO
    a Beautiful White Egg
    Un hermoso huevo blanco
    Author:
    PAULA CARBALLEIRA
    Publisher: TRIQUETA VERDE, SL
    A Beautiful White Egg is a story about how joy can be reborn, about how life always finds a way, like the hen protagonist of the story: running, clucking, singing and filling all those around her with hope. Boys and girls are the first to chase the hen, plucky, eager to dance, but behind them come families, their own and others, the melée confusing the soldiers.
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  • Un món de mares fantàstiques
    A World of Fantastic Mothers
    UN MÓN DE MARES FANTÀSTIQUES_Marta Gómez, Carla Nazareth_Comanegra
    Author:
    Marta Gómez & Carla Nazareth
    Publisher: Comanegra
    The Mother of Archimedes has decided to bring the past closer and gather the Mothers of some of the protagonists of her favourite stories to tell us about their sons and daughters. Einstein's Mother takes tea with Robin Hood's, the Ogre's and the Ugly Duckling's. Cleopatra's mother is there along with King Gaspar's, Sherezade's and Marco Polo's.
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  • Un océano para llegar a ti
    An Ocean to Reach You
    Author:
    Sandra Barneda
    Publisher: Editorial Planeta S.A.
    After the death of her mother, Gabriele returns to the village where she spent her childhood summers. Waiting for her there is her father, with whom she has not spoken for years. Together they set out to fulfill Greta's last wish: that the three most important people in her life — her husband, her only daughter, and her sister-in-law — scatter her ashes in a place where they have been happy.
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  • Un ronsel de Ardora, una biografía de Ángeles Alvariño
    A Blaze of Ardour: a Biography of Ángeles Alvariño
    Author:
    Emrique Mauricio, Carlos Taboada
    Publisher: Santa Clara 29 2 a
    An adaptation, aimed at children, of the biography of marine oceanographer Ángeles Alvariño, who discovered more than 23 marine species. This is the first in a series "Mulleres Galegas" (Galician Women) comprising eight titles to be published in 2021.
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  • UN VERANO ESPACIAL
    A spacey summer
    UN VERANO ESPACIAL COVER
    Author:
    CARMEN ALCAYDE
    Publisher: Grupo Editorial Sargantana SL
    One “spacey” summer, a mad scientist teaches us how to transform things that other people no longer want into wonderful inventions.
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  • Una ventana a la oscuridad
    A window to the darkness
    Author:
    Ignacio Lloret
    Publisher: Ediciones Eunate
    Over the course of 2018, six people linked to the world of books are interviewed by a BBC team at different times and in different locations. In their testimonies collected in that report, they describe their vision of literature while narrating the same story: in August 1940, Richard Lamm, a crew member of a German bomber, survived the downing of his plane in the middle of the Battle of Britain.
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