Trolas y pifias de Mateo Hidalf. La fiesta del rey

When Chico starts the third grade after his migrant worker family moves to begin harvesting California grapes, he finds that self confidence and math skills help him cope with the first day of school. Simultaneous.

Tot just acabades de traslladar a Tarragona, la doctora Olga Puig i la Txell, la seva filla de disset anys, mantenen una relació difícil i tensa. La doctora Olga, vídua del periodista Òscar Dalmau, que es va ofegar en caure al mar durant una curta travessia amb el seu veler, rep la trucada inesperada d'un notari de Buenos Aires, que la cita per a la lectura de les últimes voluntats del senyor Carlos Camacho Villa. Aquesta estranya circumstància fa que la relació entre mare i filla es faci encara més insuportable. El difícil encaix de la Txell a la nova ciutat es veu alleujat, però,...

Does good luck exist? Or is it all a matter of probability? Isabel and Nicols are neighbors and they sometimes walk to school together. One morning, Isabel wears her grandmother's bracelet which, according to her, brings good luck. The precious object gets lost, and then begins a tour around the most diverse and endearing people in the neighborhood. Everyone's lives change as they have their "stroke of luck." The dynamic prose, the abundant dialogue, and the descriptions of the characters round out a novel that, with its multiple storylines, captures readers with its plot.

A little polar bear wonders who might be in various hiding places, in this book with fold-out flaps that reveal hidden people and animals.