Irene nos recomienda esta trilogía de Suzanne Collins
domingo, 31 de julio de 2011
viernes, 29 de julio de 2011
Between Shades of Gray
Between Shades of Gray is the first novel by Ruta Sepetys. Born and raised in Michigan Ruta is the daughter of a Lithuanian refugee. She now lives in Tennessee with her family.
Transcript: Between Shades of Gray is an extraordinary and haunting work based on first-hand family memories from Stalin's purges.
Written by Ruta Sepetys and published by Penguin, it will definitely captivate you.
Written by Ruta Sepetys and published by Penguin, it will definitely captivate you.
Watch this interview with the author:
jueves, 28 de julio de 2011
EL VAGÓN DE LAS MUJERES
Mayte S. nos recomienda una novela que se desarrolla en la India, "El vagón de las mujeres". Si quieres conocer un poquito más de este libro, mira con atención.
martes, 26 de julio de 2011
Trainspotting, una recomendación de Julia
Trainspotting es la primera novela de Irvine Welsh, publicada en 1993. En ella se basa una película de Danny Boyle de 1996 pero Julia opina que la lectura es mucho mejor.
David Lodge, my favourite author
David Lodge is my favourite English author. I have read all his novels and works and I think he is a must. Why? Because he is witty, his plots are hilarious and he has a neat vision of the academic world, not only from a literary point of view but also from a linguistic one.
The way he plays with language, the way he muddles up characters and the way he straightens plots up so that the reader meets fine endings is just awesome.
There is no void work by David Lodge; all of them, no matter if they are fiction, non-fiction or theatre, are bound to imprint further thoughts on the reader. When one finishes reading one of David Lodge’s books, one is already looking forward to grabbing the next one.
Impossible to put down, his books will make you travel from the 60s anguishing Catholic principles in The British Museum is falling down, through the 70s University campus lifestyle in Changing Places, to how one can cope with deafness in Deaf sentence.
To learn more about this author:
La Escalera Prohibida de Padma Venkatraman.
La autora nos presenta esta novela localizada en la India de los años cuarenta del SXX.
viernes, 22 de julio de 2011
Marta de 18 años nos recomienda "Sé lo que estás pensando"
Marta piensa que con esta novela de intriga pasaréis un buen rato estas vacaciones. A ella le entusiasmó.
jueves, 21 de julio de 2011
Tunnels, by Javier G.
Javier González, 14 años, nos recomienda leer Túneles, el primer libro de una serie de la que no se ha perdido ninguno hasta el momento, y lo hace en inglés.
Tunnels was written by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams. I’ve chosen this book because I am completely sure that when they make a film about it, it will be very successful, and it could take the place of Harry Potter, now that it is over, across cinemas.
The story is set in current times, in The Colony, a city hidden in the earth, built by the Styx.
The protagonist is Will Burrows, a guy who was taken from The Colony and left in Highfield when he was a baby. In the story, he’ll try to escape from The Colony. Other main characters are: Chester, Will’s best friend, who became trapped by the Styx; Dr Burrows, Will’s adoptive father, now lost under the Colony; and Cal, Will’s brother and friend.
I like the book because it is the first part of a best-selling collection. The best part is when Will and Cal took the train to The Deeps, because the three most important characters finally meet.
I recommend this book because it tells an exciting adventure in a very weird world.
Kuentacuentos a distancia.
Nursery Rhymes es un libro digital para iPad diseñado para los niños e ideado también para los padres. A la manera de un cuenta-cuentos, la aplicación permite contarle a los niños el cuento que están viendo en su soporte de manera remota, vía iPhone. Mediante una conexión y la sincronización a través de Game Center, los padres pueden leerles a sus hijos en voz alta desde el lugar donde se encuentren.
vía dosdoce
vía dosdoce
miércoles, 20 de julio de 2011
Alice in Wonderland
Mª José, desde la EOI de Luarca, nos recomienda el libro Alice in Wonderland (en inglés).
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll is an enchanting Victorian oddity, a book whose remarkable dream world has captured the imaginations of diverse writers and film-makers since it was published in 1865.
This book broke from traditional children’s literature, which was expected to be realistic, educational and moral. Instead of that Carroll encourages imagination and his book doesn’t have a moral purpose.
The story involves a dive into the subconscious littered with nonsensical rhymes and literally crazy characters.
The novel opens with a bored and sleepy little girl, called Alice, sitting with her elder sister outside, until she sees a White Rabbit looking at his watch and talking to himself. Then Alice decides to follow him down a very deep rabbit hole. Thereafter Alice, who is curious, intelligent and ready to accept the impossible, moves from dreamy encounter into dreamy encounter in a wonderful underground world, watching nursery rhymes coming to life and fighting bloodthirsty monarchs made of cards. To overcome the obstacles she finds along the day, Alice uses magic potions, cakes and mushrooms to change her size. Finally Alice realizes that she has been asleep for a long time on her sister’s lap.
References to identity, knowledge and puns are recurrent subjects throughout the book. So, many times Alice’s identity is mistaken by other characters and she herself thinks that the reason of the bizarre situations she’s experiencing is that she has been changed into a different person. Again and again throughout the story Alice repeats the lessons she has learned at school, either because she feels the need to test herself, or because someone she meets wants to hear them. And the characters often get involved in long absurd discussions about the meaning of certain words causing crazy situations.
It was absolutely delicious to experience all these surreal adventures with Alice. I really enjoyed her tendency to take herself seriously and her poignant comments as much as her rather quick temper. I only found the parodies of popular poems from Carroll’s time a bit boring because they meant nothing to me.
I recommend this book to lovers of nonsense literature because it’s easy to read and although you have already watched many films about this story, reading the original book will make you enjoy amazing nonsensical dialogues and situations.
This book broke from traditional children’s literature, which was expected to be realistic, educational and moral. Instead of that Carroll encourages imagination and his book doesn’t have a moral purpose.
The story involves a dive into the subconscious littered with nonsensical rhymes and literally crazy characters.
The novel opens with a bored and sleepy little girl, called Alice, sitting with her elder sister outside, until she sees a White Rabbit looking at his watch and talking to himself. Then Alice decides to follow him down a very deep rabbit hole. Thereafter Alice, who is curious, intelligent and ready to accept the impossible, moves from dreamy encounter into dreamy encounter in a wonderful underground world, watching nursery rhymes coming to life and fighting bloodthirsty monarchs made of cards. To overcome the obstacles she finds along the day, Alice uses magic potions, cakes and mushrooms to change her size. Finally Alice realizes that she has been asleep for a long time on her sister’s lap.
References to identity, knowledge and puns are recurrent subjects throughout the book. So, many times Alice’s identity is mistaken by other characters and she herself thinks that the reason of the bizarre situations she’s experiencing is that she has been changed into a different person. Again and again throughout the story Alice repeats the lessons she has learned at school, either because she feels the need to test herself, or because someone she meets wants to hear them. And the characters often get involved in long absurd discussions about the meaning of certain words causing crazy situations.
It was absolutely delicious to experience all these surreal adventures with Alice. I really enjoyed her tendency to take herself seriously and her poignant comments as much as her rather quick temper. I only found the parodies of popular poems from Carroll’s time a bit boring because they meant nothing to me.
I recommend this book to lovers of nonsense literature because it’s easy to read and although you have already watched many films about this story, reading the original book will make you enjoy amazing nonsensical dialogues and situations.
Alvaro de 5 años nos recomienda "Teo en el Castillo del Terror"
Alvaro nos relata su libro de imágenes favorito en el que TEO visita un terrorífico castillo y vive trepidantes aventuras.
¡Esto sí que es leer!
¡Esto sí que es leer!
lunes, 18 de julio de 2011
Sobre la amistad... Juntos, nada más
Carmen nos habla de un libro de Anna Gavalda que le ha gustado especialmente. Se trata de "Juntos, nada más".
domingo, 17 de julio de 2011
Gerónimo Stilton. Viaje en el tiempo 2, por Carlos G.
Carlos González, de 8 años, os recomienda leer el Viaje en el Tiempo 2 de Gerónimo Stilton y os cuenta lo que más le ha gustado del libro.
Se ha vestido de Príncipe en los tiempos del Rey Sol para representar su parte favorita del libro, las luchas de entretenimiento para este Rey.
El disfraz lo ha hecho en casa siguiendo los pasos que aparecen en la sección de disfraces del libro.
jueves, 14 de julio de 2011
Celia recomienda un libro muy interesante
Celia nos recomienda un nuevo libro para adultos. Lo hace en catalán por eso y para los que lo necesitéis, bajo el vídeo, encontraréis la traducción.
Os recomiendo un libro “Mujeres de ojos grandes” de Angeles Mastretta.
Narra la vida de una serie de mujeres latinas que están educadas para el matrimonio y sus costumbres. Su vida se reduce al ámbito familiar. La narración no se hace desde el dramatismo de sus vidas sino que resalta el espíritu de las personalidad de estas mujeres. Eran mujeres con una personalidad muy vigorosa que habitualmente eclipsaban mucho a sus maridos.
Os recomiendo un libro “Mujeres de ojos grandes” de Angeles Mastretta.
Narra la vida de una serie de mujeres latinas que están educadas para el matrimonio y sus costumbres. Su vida se reduce al ámbito familiar. La narración no se hace desde el dramatismo de sus vidas sino que resalta el espíritu de las personalidad de estas mujeres. Eran mujeres con una personalidad muy vigorosa que habitualmente eclipsaban mucho a sus maridos.
martes, 12 de julio de 2011
Recomendando un libro para adultos
Montse nos recomienda el primer libro de la saga "Los hijos de la tierra" de Jean M. Auel. Se trata de "El Clan del oso cavernario".
Darío, 5 años. "Caperucita Roja"
Darío, de cinco años, nos ofrece su recomendación sobre su cuento favorito. Si queréis que aparezcan los subtítulos, pinchad sobre el botón "CC" de la barra de vídeo.
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