A BOOK THAT TALKS ABOUT BEREAVEMENT AND HOW TO OVERCOME LOSSES.

Series: Orange Tucan

Una carroza en forma de calabaza

APumpkin-ShapedCarriage

Author: Enric Lluch

Illustrations by Mercè Arànega

Size: 13 × 19.5 cm

Paperback • 92 pages

Selling Price: 9.60 €

ISBN: 978-84-683-6315-8

CODE: 137142

Juanin’s mum explained to him one day that sometimes, when you least expect it, a pumpkin-shaped carriage appears and takes some of our most important things to a beautiful country a couple of feet away from the stars. Before the summer, Juanin added “Mum” to his list of important things.

Enric Lluch (Algemesí, Valencia, 1949) graduated in History and has been a teacher for many years, combining his work with writing scripts, tales and novels for a children and young adult target, all marked by a sense of humour. His work has deserved several awards and recognitions.

Mercè Arànega teaches illustration at the Escuela Oficial de Artes Aplicadas y Oficios Artísticos in Barcelona. She is an author and illustrator of children’s stories, many of which have been translated into several languages. These activities have led the author to carry out meetings with children from all over Spain and other countries, such as Portugal, Nicaragua, Holland, Hungary, Germany and Morocco, always resulting in a very gratifying experience in which books and reading are the protagonists.

A STORY THAT EMPHASISES THE NEED TO RESPECT AND EMPATHISE WITH OTHERS.

Series: Orange Tucan ElinsoportableCorneliusBloom

The Insufferable Cornelius Bloom

Author: Josan Hatero

Illustrations by Jordi Semper

Size: 13 × 19.5 cm

Paperback • 164 pages

Selling Price: 9.60 €

ISBN: 978-84-683-5602-0

CODE: 134510

The story focuses on pride, on the need to put oneself in other people’s skin and be respectful.Tired of having no friends, Cornelius Bloom decided to build himself one. Although he was just a boy, he was very good at science, especially robotics, so he set out to make a mechanical friend who would laugh at all his jokes and would always be willing to play with him without demanding anything in return. He was convinced that his classmates didn’t like him because he was so smart, smarter than all of them put together. He was wrong, at least in part. It was true that they didn’t like him, but not because he was very smart, but because he was rude, crude and lacked empathy.

Josan Hatero was born in Barcelona in 1970. He has been writing since he was a teenager, but it was not until 1996 that he published his first book of short stories: Biografía de la huida. This was followed by several works of fiction published as Josan Mosteiro in homage to his mother. He has also published several juvenile novels under a pseudonym and in 2011 he won the Young Readers’ Award for Volverán a por mí, written with Use Lahoz. He is also translator, scriptwriter and teaches creative writing classes.

Jordi Semper was born in Barcelona in 1963. He has worked as an illustrator for publishers that specialize in textbooks as well as being a graphic artist and illustrator of comics for various magazines in both Spain and France. He also holds a degree in Fine Arts but that he does not usually tell anyone.

ROBIN CAN’T TALK,

Series: Orange Tucan UnpijamaparaRobin ApyjamaforRobin in the World

Author: Chiki Fabregat

Illustrations by Laura Klamburg

Size: 13 × 19.5 cm

Paperback • 168 pages

Selling Price: 9.60 €

ISBN: 978-84-683-5605-1 CODE: 134670

Ever since Marion’s best friend, Javi, was given a rabbit, he only wants to play with his pet so Marion becomes fed up. One day, while walking with her parents, they come across a boy who is handing out posters with his picture next to a cat... and it says he’s looking for a family. Having a cat is precisely her big dream! When the boy shows up in her class, Marion sees the opportunity to adopt the cat and her head starts to spin to come up with an idea. However, it’s not going to be easy for her, because the new boy, called Robin, doesn’t talk at all…

Chiki Fabregat (Madrid, 1969) is the daughter of a children’s book writer. She grew up listening to stories in which she and her brothers were the main characters. She coordinates the Department of Children and Young Adults literature at the Escuela de Escritores (Writing School), activity that she combines with writing, reading-sessions with children and teenagers, undertaking teachers’ training and reading while she commutes on the metro.

Laura Klamburg is a graphic designer and an illustrator. She studied Graphic design in Eina School of Barcelona and finished it in New York where she ended living for 11 years between NY, LA and Canada. In both countries she worked as an art director in publishing. Back in Barcelona, she started giving classes in different university schools as well as managing post grades and master classes in design. She is so versatile that she has written, illustrated or designed lots of children books.

Series: Mane and the Magic Clock

Author: Caty Guzmán Rodrigo

Illustrator: Jordi Sunyer Monfort

Size: 18 × 22.5 cm

Hardcover • 36 pages

Selling Price: 9.95 €

OperaciónPrimavera

ISBN: 978-84-683-5540-5

CODE: 134749

OperaciónAstronauta

ISBN: 978-84-683-5541-2

CODE: 134750

A BRAND NEW FICTION SERIES THAT INTRODUCES CHILDREN TO THE UNESCO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDG), A COLLECTION OF 17 INTERLINKED GLOBAL GOALS SET UP IN THE 2015 UNITED NATION GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO BE A “BLUEPRINT TO ACHIEVE A BETTER AND MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR ALL” ON THE FRAME OF THEIR 2030 AGENDA.

Mane, a curious and imaginative girl, finds a particular pocket watch with 17 numbers and only one hand. The watch does not show time, it shows images of a lively and beautiful planet. Mane, her brother and her inseparable friend will find in the clock the perfect guide to change the world. In each story, one for each line of development: PLANET, PEOPLE, PEACE, ALLIANCE &PROSPERITY. Mane and her friends will face problems or meet adventures around major social, economic and environmental problems treated by those 17 SDG and thanks to the Magic Clock they will be able to face them and help provide solutions in an equitable and fair way.

On the back of each volume readers will find explanations on each SDG introduced on that volume and a couple of activities to do at home, on their own.

The project is complemented with a website with extra information, a guide and other activities to do around the SDG. www.aventuraods. edebe.com

OperaciónDundún

ISBN: 978-84-683-5542-9

CODE: 134751

OperaciónTicTac

ISBN: 978-84-683-5543-6

CODE: 134752

OperaciónRelojMàgico

ISBN: 978-84-683-5544-3

CODE: 134868

With a degree in Philosophy and Arts, Caty Guzmán Rodrigo is passionate about literature, art and cinema. For her, writing has always been a vocation and has characterised her whole life. In her youth she was already a member of the Asociación de Jóvenes Escritores de España y Latinoamérica, where she published several poems in their magazines. As a writer, she published some books such as Mis Amigos los Animales and Masajes para ti y tu bebé and, later, she started the collection of children’s stories by Alma y Raspita, in which she is still actively involved. As an editor she collaborated in magazines such as Mataró Escrit and took part in the launch of Homeopatía viva. After training in advertising and marketing, she worked in various advertising agencies as a copywriter and creative director. And thanks to her entrepreneurial nature, she created her own agency, to be able to contribute her creative restlessness to numerous advertising campaigns and projects that, today, have her most social and innovative vision.

Jordi Sunyer Monfort is a graphic designer and illustrator who lives and works in Barcelona. He has collaborated as an illustrator with several publishing houses, including Baula and Edelvives, Edicions Hipòtesi, la Galera and Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, Edebé, Cruïlla and Grup SM, Barcanova, Combel, Anaya, McGraw-hill and Oxford University Press. Some of his books have been published in France, Portugal, Italy, Belgium, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Russia, China, Korea and some South American countries, such as Argentina and Colombia. He has also collaborated with El País and El PuntAvui, the magazines Descobrir, Sapiens and the Fundació F.C. Barcelona. From 2007 to 2009 he was art director of the animated series Asha, co-produced by Cromosoma, Televisió de Catalunya and TVE. At the same time, he carries out graphic design projects for companies and institutions, and has participated in several exhibitions as a painter and illustrator in Spain, France, Germany, Italy and the United Arab Emirates. He was selected to participate in the exhibition ‘Books in Catalan’ at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2017.

MARTIN’S BIGGEST WISH IS TO HAVE A DOG BUT CIRCUNSTANCES MAKE IT DIFFICULT; FIRST HE WILL HAVE TO LEARN ABOUT ALZHEIMER AND THEN WITH GOLDFISHES. NOT EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS EXPECTING!

Series: Orange Tucan Trespecesrojos

Three Red Fish

Author: Raquel Pulido

Illustrations by Leire Salaberria

Size: 13 × 19.5 cm

Paperback • 212 pages

Selling Price: 9.60 €

ISBN: 978-84-683-5499-6

CODE: 134747

Martin lives with his family in a council flat and his dream is to have a dog. A dream that will come true as soon as they move into the new house that his parents have bought. But sometimes life gets tough and requires us to adapt to change. And this is what happens to Martin after his father suffers a pulmonary embolism that forces him to give up his job as a lorry driver. In addition, his grandmother, who has Alzheimer’s and is in a nursing home for old people, will have to go to live with them as they can no longer afford to pay it. Perhaps having a dog will have to wait...

Raquel Pulido (was born in Cádiz in 1976. She studied Teaching and has been teaching in the Region of Murcia for two decades. She also has a degree in Stage Direction and Playwriting. As a playwright she has won several awards (Kutxa Ciudad de San Sebastián Award for Theatre in Spanish, Luis Barahona de Soto Award, etc). She has also published short stories and poems. He has recently ventured into the world of children’s and young adult literature, publishing in both Spain and Latin America. Her novel El deseo de Mar was a finalist for the Edebé Award for Children’s Literature.

Leire Salaberria was born in Andoain (Spain) in 1983. She graduated in Fine Arts in Bilbao and did a postgraduate degree in Children’s Illustration and Graphic Design in Barcelona. Leire has exhibited her artwork in different countries around the world. Her work has been selected to appear in the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, IV Ibero-American Illustration Catalogue, Sharjah International Book Fair and BIB. In 2014 she won an honourable mention at the Sharjah International Book Fair. Since 2011, when she published her first book, she has illustrated several books in Italy, Mexico, USA, UK, China, Chile, France and Spain. Some of her books have been awarded prizes and translated into other languages.

AFTER

Series: Green Tucan

El Club de las Cuatro Emes: Acaradeperro

TheFourMClub:DogFace

Author: Juan Ramón Santos

Illustrations by Lara Pickle

Size: 13 × 19.5 cm

Paperback • 184 pages

Selling Price: 9.90 €

ISBN: 978-84-683-6317-2

CODE: 135210

That dogs and their owners look alike is something that everyone knows. Matilde, Manuel and the two Marías spend a great time in the park playing at finding the funniest and most extravagant couple among those who walk their dog through. Nevertheless, one afternoon, they discover a beautiful Weimar Braque dog that doesn’t even remotely resemble its owner and that arouses Manuel’s suspicions, who, determined to investigate the matter, will end up dragging the Four M Club into a new and exciting adventure full of barkings.

Born in Plasencia in 1975, Juan Ramón Santos has a degree in Law and Political Science, and is the author of novels, short stories and books of poetry. Founder of the Asociación Cultural Alcancía, since 2005 he coordinates with Nicanor Gil the Aula de Literatura (Literature Workshop) “José Antonio Gabriel y Galán”, in Plasencia, and between 2015 and 2019 he was president of the Asociación de Escritores Extremeños (Extremadura Writers Association).

Lara Pickle (Arad, 1991) is the artistic name of Larisa Bumb, visual artist and storyteller. She was born in Romania, but when she was still very young her family moved to Spain, where Lara developed as an artist and as a person. She showed an interest in art from a very early age, which led her to focus all her studies in that direction. She currently lives in London and works in the field of animation and illustration. Her debut graphic novel (Estoy fatal, gracias) will be in bookshops soon.

UNDER THE MOONLIGHT, THE PATH IN THE FOREST BECOMES A BUSY PASSAGE.

Series: Green Tucan

Susurro de luna

MoonWhisper

Author: Juan Kruz Igerabide

Illustrations by Manuel Ortega

Size: 13 × 19.5 cm

Paperback • 84 pages

Selling Price: 9.90 €

ISBN: 978-84-683-6367-7

CODE: 137238

In the village of Mali Okič, near Slovenia’s border with Croatia, Ursha arrives with her parents and younger brother to spend a week’s holiday at her grandparents’ cottage in the middle of the forest. She has experienced many emotions there, including the fear she experienced when her mother was confronted by a bear that wanted to eat the cake she had left on the windowsill. However, none as intense as the one she experienced on that occasion... This is how she remembers it years later.

Juan Kruz Igerabide was born in Aduna (Guipúzcoa), a small village near San Sebastián. He got a degree in Spanish philology and for several years he worked as a teacher. Later, he became a doctor in Basque philology, and he started to teach at the University of the Basque Country. He began to cultivate poetry for adults, and then, little by little, he worked his way into the world of children’s literature, now having published several books.

Manuel Ortega was born in Bilbao and at present he lives in Barcelona. He studied Fine Arts at the universities of Salamanca and Kassel (Germany). Children’s and comic books illustrator since 1997 and scriptwriter, his individual works or in collaboration have been awarded in several occasions. He has worked for edebé in the titles Caballero o caballera, lo sabrás a la primera; Un carromato verde botella; Donde nunca es invierno and Safari.

In

Series: Green Tucan

Treinta centímetros

ThirtyCentimetres

Author: Mercedes Olivet

Illustrations by Jordi Solano

Size: 13 × 19.5 cm

Paperback • 220 pages

Selling Price: 9.90 €

ISBN: 978-84-683-5612-9

CODE: 134970

An eleven-year-old boy, Marcos, does suffers from this inability to speak out as he is too shy to express what he feels.The teacher has asked him to do a project about achondroplasia, i.e. dwarfism, with two classmates with whom he doesn’t get along very well. Fanny and Sussi are the best in grades but are selfish, cruel and even liars. Unable to refuse, he is given the task to find and interview a person who suffers from this growth disorder to find out about the daily problems they face. Fortunately, Marcos’ teacher has a nephew called Damián who has achondroplasia. Damián and Marcos immediately form a bond of friendship that will teach many things about the disease, but more importantly, about the courage and strength of those who suffer from it and about what is really important in life, the value of generosity and friendship.

Mercedes Olivet (Terrassa, 1963) has developed her professional career within the industrial and technological sector, working for large companies of recognized prestige. She speaks five languages and has translated countless texts. Writing stories is her vocation and she has dedicated years of preparation to it. Some of her stories have been shortlisted in literary contests and have been included in various anthologies of stories. In Edebé she has published her children’s story La W as well as the young-adult novel El espejo, which was a finalist in the XXIV Edebé Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature.

Jordi Solano was born in Barcelona in the spring of 1982. As he still didn’t know the word illustrator, when he was three years old he told his parents that he didn’t know what he wanted to be when he grew up, but that he wanted to spend his life drawing. To carry out his plan, he studied Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona, and Illustration at La Llotja, and since then he has drawn for several publishers, made record covers, and collaborated in the design of characters and scenery for animation projects. He currently has a daughter to whom he wants to dedicate a pile of stories.

ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT BASKETBALL?

THEN THIS IS YOUR BOOK!! GET INTO THE INCREDIBLE WORLD OF BASKETBALL!!!

Series: Series: Enciclopedias, altas y diccionarios

Elgranlibrodelbaloncesto

TheBigBookofBasketball

Author Jaime

Valero

Illustrations by Bea Tormo

Size: 22,5 × 22,5 cm

Hardcover • 112 pages

Selling Price: 17.95 €

ISBN: 978-84-683-6267-0 CODE: 135217

Basketball is one of the most popular sports in the world, with a growing fan base. Its athletes inspire new generations, who dream of following in their footsteps on the court. But do you know that all it starts with a basket of peaches in a Massachutes school in 1891? Do you know all its rules and how they have changed along the years? I am sure some of them will surprise you! From the so-called league of stars, the NBA and the WNBA, to the Euroleague or the Chinese league to the olympic games or the paralympics. From the most crazy world records to the unforgettable matches. And from all those other similar basket games to the future of basketball with robots and gravity-free!!!.

Jaime Valero (Madrid, 1984) began his career as a literary translator in 2008. Since then, he has translated around a hundred works, mainly in the field of comics and children and young adults’ literature. For several years, he combined his work as a translator with that of a cultural journalist. As an author, he has published a book of short stories entitled Delirios breves and two novels: Homo Superior and Al amparo de las nubes. He has also written several works under a pseudonym aimed at children, such as the novel ElfantasmavirtualandthetrilogyLasaventurasdeThor.

Bea Tormo (Logroño, 1985) studied art and illustration in Logroño but currently lives in Terrassa (Barcelona) and has worked for publishers such as SM, Anaya, Bruño, Santillana, Andrews McMeel, Astiberri, Planeta... both as an illustrator for children and young adults and as a comic author. She has collaborated in magazines of all kinds, advertising and all kinds of commissions related to drawing anything. She has won a few awards and all from the comfort of her home. She currently enjoys living surrounded by parks, books and the peace and quiet that comes from having her phone silenced.

Plásticus

132 pages

ISBN: 978-84-683-5276-3

CODE: 133709

Love.com

132 pages

ISBN: 978-84-683-5356-2

CODE: 133710

Pánicus

140 pages

ISBN: 978-84-683-5641-9

CODE: 133975

Anonymous

140 pages

ISBN: 978-84-683-6380-6

CODE: 136559

Series: Brian McNeill

Author: Beatriz Osés

Illustrations by Mónica Armiño

Size: 13 × 19.5 cm

Paperback

Selling Price: 9.95 €

7 STONES TO BE PICKED FROM THE BEACH IN THE MORNING. DAY AFTER DAY. 7 STONES. UNTIL... HE FINDS SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT: A CORPSE.

Aill is the name of a small Irish village where some peculiar neighbours live. Brian McNeill is the best example: he is twelve years old, has bowl-cut hair and every morning he must pick 7 stones from the beach before going to school. It has to be 7 stones. In Aill, there are fifty inhabitants and, according to our editor, it somehow looks like Goscinny’s Gaulish village. It may seem like nothing ever happens in a place like this but mysteries do happen and with very upto-date subjects such as the environment or new technologies, which will lead all of Brian’s adventures.

Beatriz Osés (Madrid, 1972) is a writer, literature teacher and journalist. In 2018 she won the edebé Children’s Literature Award for Soy una nuez and in 2020 the Barco de Vapor Award. Beatriz Osés is also the author of the successful Erik Vogler series, with eight titles published for young readers. Her work has already been translated into French, Italian, Russian, Polish, Iranian, Korean and Turkish, and adapted in Mexico and also for audiobooks and even a theatre play.

Mónica Armiño is a freelance illustrator, graduated in Fine Arts, based in Madrid. She has worked illustrating children’s stories for publishers and agencies throughout Europe and the United States. She also works for the television animation industry on different projects, including the famous animated series Pocoyó.

Series: The young Poe

Author: Cuca Canals

Size: 13 × 20.50 cm

Paperback with flaps

Selling Price: 9.57 €

VISIONARY PERSON THAT HAS EVER EXISTED.

El misterio de la Calle Morgue TheMysteryof theRueMorgue

160 pages

ISBN: 978-84-683-3183-6

CODE: 124505

El extraño crimen de Mary Roget

The Strange Crime of Mary Roget

152 pages

ISBN: 978-84-683-3184-3

CODE: 124506

La mansión de los horrores

The Mansion of Horrors

144 pages

ISBN: 978-84-683-3486-8

CODE: 124507

El enigma de la carta The Enigma of the letter

152 pages

ISBN: 978-84-683-3454-7

CODE: 124508

El acertijo del escarabajo de oro TheRiddleofthe Golden Scarab

172 pages

ISBN: 978-84-683-3864-4

CODE: 129942

El caso del gato negro

The Case of the Black Cat

156 pages

ISBN: 978-84-683-4108-8

CODE: 130604

Rights sold to: TURKEY, IRAN, RUSSIA & AUDIOBOOKS

MORE THAN 106,000 COPIES SOLD!

El reloj de la muerte

The Clock of Death

196 pages

ISBN: 978-84-683-4548-2

CODE: 130605

El circo del terror

The Circus of Terror

168 pages

ISBN: 978-84-683-4817-9

CODE: 132734

El viaje maldito

The Cursed Journey

196 pages

ISBN: 978-84-683-5494-1

CODE: 133460

THE YOUNG POE SERIE REACH VOL.10!

Los cuervos también lloran Crows Also Cry

196 pages

ISBN: 978-84-683-5661-7

CODE: 133460

Edgar Allan Poe is 11 years old. He lives with his step parents and his pet, a raven, in Morgue Street. Young Poe wants to become a writer as an adult but for now he earns some money by selling his own catalogue of sacary ideas and tortures. Moreover, in his spare time, he helps Police inspector Mr. Auguste Dupin to solve some difficult and mysterious cases.

Cuca Canals lives in Barcelona. She worked as a publicist for many years and was also a screenwriter for the film director Bigas Luna. She is also the author of four fiction books for adults that have been translated into seven languages and a number of children’s books some of them published by edebé.

El asesino de los ositos depeluche

TheTeddyBearMurderer

142 pages

ISBN: 978-84-683-4926-8

CODE: 132936

El caso de la fábrica de la muerte

TheDeathFactoryCase

204 pages

ISBN: 978-84-683-5258-9

CODE: 132937

Elcuriosocasodelpianista sin cabeza

The Curious Case of the Headless Pianist

212 pages

ISBN: 978-84-683-5643-3

CÓDIGO: 134506

Loscrímenesdelorigami

TheOrigamiCrimes

180 pages

ISBN: 978-84-683-6186-4

CÓDIGO: 136561 RIGHTS SOLD TO SLOVENIA

Series: Filo & Sofía

Author: Cuca Canals

Size: 13 × 20.5 cm

Paperback

Selling Price: 9.95 €

Rinus Descartes, Freddy Nietzsche, Young Confucious, Dave Hume, Charlie Marx and Socrates Jr are a group of 10 to 12 year-old orphans and great thinkers, who undertake life with a philosophical point of view. They have an extraordinary curiosity, question everything and seek answers that often become new questions. The group has a leader, Sophia Hipatia. She is a very intelligent 16 year-old girl. She was the one who had the idea of setting up a philosophical reasoning agency. They help to solve enigmas and they have already solved a few. The money they earn contributes to pay for the orphan house expenses. A clever, witty and thoughtful series which will even attract reluctant readers!

Cuca Canals lives in Barcelona. She worked as a publicist for many years and was also a screenwriter for the film director Bigas Luna. She is also the author of four fiction books for adults and several children´s books who have been translated to more than seven languages.

Cuca Canals is the author of the successful serie El joven Poe (The Young Poe) with more than 80,000 copies sold.

Introduces philosophy to young readers.

Characters are freely inspired by a few of the big philosophers.

A NOVEL FULL OF COMICAL SITUATIONS, WHICH REVOLVES AROUND LABELS, APPEARANCES AND PREJUDICES TO REINFORCE IDENTITY.

Series: Red Tucan

Elhadopadrino

TheFairyGodfather

Author: Anaïs Baranda

Ilustrations by María Brenn

Size: 13 × 19.5 cm

Paperback • 104 pages

Selling Price: 10.35 €

ISBN: 978-84-683-5615-0

CODE: 135147

Lucila feels different because of the way she looks: her head is shaved, she wears lots of earrings and masculine clothes. She lives with her two brothers and her father. Her mother died and Lucila inherited her old guitar, which she has played for years but that is no longer useful. So she decides to enter into a competition for young talents granted with two thousand euros so she can buy a new guitar. But, in order to attend it, she needs a guitar and a decent dress. Searching through the internet, she finds a website that offers fairy godmothers. She laughs and sends in the form thinking it’s a joke, but the next morning, she finds Calisto in her room: Calisto is her Fairy Godfather and he’s dressed in bright pink… No kidding.

LUCILA WILL LEARN THAT NOT EVERYTHING IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

Anaïs Baranda Barrios (Madrid, 1983) studied Audiovisual Communication and has a Master’s degree in Journalism. She likes cinema and storytelling. For many years she has worked in different media. She has been writing since she was a child. In 2015 she wrote a play targeted at a children’s audience for an association and then enrolled in her first Creative Writing course. She has a blog of literary reviews and collaborates in a radio programme making recommendations of YA literature. Now, in addition to writing, she is doing a Master’s degree specialising in the teaching of Creative Writing and is preparing workshops for children and adults. www.anaisbarandabarrios.com

María Brenn (A Coruña, 1994) has been drawing for as long as she can remember, but it wasn’t until 2016 that she decided to turn this hobby into her profession. She loves fantasy literature, comics and animation, all media that have influenced her style. She sees each new project as a challenge and an opportunity to learn. In her illustrations, she pays special attention to the visual narrative and the expressiveness of the characters, with a taste for detail. Her technique combines traditional line and digital colour.

31 edebé Award for Children’s Literature

Series: Orange Tucan Sétortuga

Be Turtle

Author: Agustín Sánchez Aguilar

Illustrated by Anna Baquero

Size: 13 × 19.5 cm

Paperback • 168 pages

Selling Price: 9.60 €

Publication date: March 2023

AN ENDEARING AND VERY POSITIVE FABLE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE TO LIVE AND VALUE THE MANY GOOD THINGS OF EVERYDAY LIFE.

Casildo the rooster has problems. He’s been unemployed for three years, he owes six months’ rent and the only job he’s been offered is giving singing lessons to a group of centenary turtles: the Wonderfuls. But if the turtles can’t sing, what will people say about him who used to be one of the great opera singers of the past? They are retired and very old, but their optimism is indestructible. They want to win a musical contest to give the prize to a charitable cause... Although everyone knows that turtles can’t sing, don’t they?

Agustín Sánchez Aguilar (Barcelona, 1971) is a doctor in Hispanic Philology and a specialist in the literature of the Golden Age. He has published more than twenty critical editions of classic works of Spanish literature, belonging to authors as diverse as Don Juan Manuel, Lope de Vega, Bécquer and Galdos. He is the author of numerous versions of classic texts for young readers and of Los dioses y Los cuervos , a work with which he won the XXV City of Badajoz Poetry Prize.

Anna Baquero (Barcelona, 1993) is an illustrator who lives with Greta, a sock-stealing dog. What he likes to do the most is read, or maybe draw, she hasn’t decided yet: what she does know is that making books is the best job in the world. She often cycles through the city and eats surprising amounts of ice cream.

Casildo is impressed. In his years of success, he learned that, when you are offended, you should seek revenge. But that’s not how Mrs. Lennon handles herself. Very surprised, he asks her:

- Aren’t you angry, Mrs. Lennon?

-Of course I am not. What’s the use of being angry? Tell me, Mr. Casildo, what good has it done you to spend so many years being angry with the world?

Casildo remains thoughtful. Mrs. Lennon is right: you’ve spent half your life angry with the world, and it hasn’t done you any good. Her words have made such an impression on him that he feels like giving her a hug. But he doesn’t dare. Besides, it doesn’t seem easy to hug a turtle...

31 edebé Award for Young Adult Literature

Series: Periscopio

Territorio desconocido

UnknownTerritory

Autor: Luis Leante

Size: 13 × 20.5 cm

Paperback • 240 pages

Selling Price: 10,95 €

Publication date: March 2023

EXCELLENT NOVEL THAT, THROUGH A VERY WELL ASSEMBLED PLOT OF INTRIGUE, BRINGS FORTH THE WORRYING ISSUE OF DEGRADATION AND PUBLIC HUMILIATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

Four years ago, a fire destroyed Alberto Soler’s store in Hondares. Human bones were found in the safe and he always proclaimed his innocence. Corporal Padilla, Alberto’s friend, found herself personally involved in the case, and not only because of her friendship, but also because her son Diego went to class with Alicia, Alberto’s daughter. Everything that happened during that school-year in the institute lit the fuse that would blow up a few lives through the air....

Luis Leante He was born in Caravaca de la Cruz (Murcia) in 1963. He currently lives in Alicante. He graduated in Classical Philology and for twenty years he was a high school teacher. To this day, he teaches at the Ciudad de la Luz film school in Alicante. He has published novels for children and adults. He has written film scripts and some of his stories have been adapted for the big screen.

A NOVEL THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE COWARDICE OF THOSE WHO LOOK THE OTHER WAY; THE IGNORANCE OF PARENTS ABOUT WHAT THEIR CHILDREN DO; THE EXCESSIVE IMPORTANCE THAT SOCIETY AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE GIVE TO PHYSIQUE AND POPULARITY AS WELL AS THE LIGHTS AND SHADOWS, THE MYSTERIES AND SECRETS SURROUNDING THE CRIME...

“A scientific study concludes that the feeling of humiliation triggers more intense and negative brain activity than anger, which in its turn activates the areas linked to pain. Then the mind gets into an unknown territory that makes human behavior unpredictable”. F. WASH