Bøger af Emily Smith

Young readers will be fascinated to learn what life was like for the colonists in early America in this Spanish-translated book. The easy-to-read text explore such topics as Puritans, the Mayflower Compact, Navigation Acts, and more.

Santiago y Macarena son dos hermanos de nueve y siete años respectivamente. Por razones de trabajo sus padres se trasladan a vivir a Alminar. Para ellos es un cambio brutal, pasan de vivir en una gran ciudad a un pueblecillo minúsculo perdido entre montañas. Los pobres no se adaptan al pueblo; además, al poco tiempo de llegar, los otros chiquillos les dirigen «entre juegos y sin querer... evitarlo» hacia la casa de la malvada bruja. Caen por accidente en una fosa de donde los sacan la maga y su gato Carbonilla, este será el comienzo de la amistad entre ellos y Piruja. A lo largo de los capítulos la mujer enseña a los niños a conocer el bosque, a respetar la naturaleza, a valorar la amistad y, sobre todo, a mirar debajo de la coraza hasta encontrar el corazón. Emily S. Smith es el seudónimo que utiliza Emilia Serrano, escritora española. Es licenciada en Medicina y Cirugía por la Universidad de Valencia, posteriormente, se ha doctorado en Historia de la Medicina Árabe. Su primera novela es una obra dirigida a los más pequeños: «Alminar, donde reside la magia».

James's mum is a real computer whizz. She designs computers that can launch space missions. But she's not quite so good at ordinary, boring mum stuff! James is forever turning up at school without his dinner money or permission forms for outings. Then his mum has an idea - she'll make him a mother-robot. The Robomum is certainly a brilliant machine. She shops, washes and cooks - and quickly learns all James's favourite recipes. She tests him on his spelling, helps with his maths and makes sure he never forgets his swimming kit. But when James gets ill, he soon realizes that a computer could never replace his mum when he really needs her.

When Harry's mum tells him they are going to get an au pair, he isn't quite sure what it means. When he finds out it's a girl to help look after him and baby brother, Fred, he feels a bit suspicious. It might just be a good excuse for the school bully to tease him. However, he soon warms to Astrid when she turns up and especially when she gives him an idea that stops the bully from ever bothering him again. All the same, Harry can't help wondering why Astrid's never heard of tin openers or Coke, and how come her suitcase can move around by itself...

"e;There's no such things as fairies!"e;Joe is sure he's right, but his sisters are obsessed by them. They've turned the climbing frame into a fairy bower, there are fairy cakes for tea and no one wants to do his assault course any more. Then a new neighbour arrives, who loves climbing trees and messing about in the pond - and has some other very useful talents too.