Un hoyo profundo al pie de un olivo

Samuel y Carmen, los protagonistas de " Un hoyo profundo al pie de un olivo " (El duende verde, no 132), sufrieron una separación cruel. Samuel está en Fez, ciudad de Marruecos, Carmen en Sevilla. Ya no son niños, pero sí jóvenes, y aún les queda mucha vida; siguen enamorados y cada uno en su soledad sueña con que algún día, en algún lugar, puedan encontrarse. En aquella época, una mujer soltera no era bien mirada y Carmen sufre la presión de la familia y de los amigos para que acepte en matrimonio a otro hombre que la solicita. Ella resiste porque no pierde la esperanza de que...

It’s fiesta time! Cinco de Mayo is a fiesta day in Mexico and the United States. It’s celebrated on the fifth of May. This colorful holiday honors Mexico’s victory over the French army at the Battle of Pueblo in 1862. People march in parades, dance, and set off fireworks. Families enjoy traditional Mexican food and drink. Then they watch people act out the famous battle. Find out more about this joyful celebration of Mexican culture.

We often don´t stop to think about the origin of certain foods, but many of the foods we consume today only reached us as a result of great discoveries and the subsequent international commerce between east and west. This book brings us closer to the complex relations between different cultures and shows us the importance of ocean voyages in the development of international commerce.

Readers will be amazed to discover that every time they climb onto bicycles and ride like the wind, they are defying gravity! This book explains the physics and history behind bicycles, skateboards, and surfboards. Readers learn what happens from the simplest movement of rolling forward to more complex tricks and stunts of jumping and spinning. Readers will never look at bikes, skateboards or surfboards the same way again.

In life there are lots of things that come and go, transform, or get left behind. It happens to everything . . . except this. This book deals with life changes and the passage of time with a great deal of sensitivity. To reinforce the message, each scene includes a page with special paper that invites us to witness the transformation.