Category: FONDO DE CULTURA ECONÓMICA
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Salvajes
Read moreTitle Salvajes Author Antonio Ramos Revillas Publisher Fondo de Cultura Económica Imprint Fondo de Cultura Económica ISBN 9786071669773 Edition number 1 Publication year 2021 Pages 150 Format Print and digital THEMA Children’s, Teenage Synopsis Efraín’s life —complicated and with shortcomings— continues impassive, until one day his Mum is violently taken by the police. He and his brothers, Fredy and Marcos, will have to look for all the ways to release her from a cruel system that labels and discriminates them. To build a future for their family, they will have to be cautious of asking help from the wrong people, as any false step could entangle them with the cartels of his neighborhood. foreign rights contact Susana Figueroa; Janet Soto E-mail sfigueroa@fondodeculturaeconomica.com; jsoto@fondodeculturaeconomica.com -
El dragón blanco y otros personajes olvidados
Read moreTitle El dragón blanco y otros personajes olvidados Author Adolfo Córdova; Riki Blanco (ilus.) Publisher Fondo de Cultura Económica Imprint Fondo de Cultura Económica ISBN 9786071642479 Edition number 1 Publication year 2016 Pages 128 Format Print and digital THEMA Children’s, Teenage Synopsis This book gathers secondary characters from some children’s classics to turn them into the protagonists of their own stories. Six tales bearing with the original ones, but at the same time, maintaining a life of their own that allows them to be enjoyed, even if their original stories are not known: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and several characters from The Neverending Story by Michael Ende. With a powerful and witty writing style, the young author captures readers of all ages. foreign rights contact Susana Figueroa; Janet Soto E-mail sfigueroa@fondodeculturaeconomica.com; jsoto@fondodeculturaeconomica.com -
Mi vida con las piedras
Read moreTitle Mi vida con las piedras Author Karen Villeda; María J. Guarda (ilus.) Publisher Fondo de Cultura Económica Imprint Fondo de Cultura Económica ISBN 9786071673695 Edition number 1 Publication year 2022 Pages 40 Format Print and digital THEMA Children’s, Teenage Synopsis Jana is almost 10 years old and lives with her grandfather. For some time now, she feels as if she had stones of different sizes pressing her head. She even believed that stones would grow instead of hair. Now, this is nothing to worry about because, after her visits to the hospital, she doesn’t have a single hair on her head. With her grandfather’s support and a lot of courage, Jana faces her situation and hopes that the annoying heaviness goes away forever. foreign rights contact Susana Figueroa; Janet Soto E-mail sfigueroa@fondodeculturaeconomica.com; jsoto@fondodeculturaeconomica.com -
Tú y yo
Read moreTitle Tú y yo Author Norma Muñoz Ledo; Meel Cerecer (ilus.) Publisher Fondo de Cultura Económica Imprint Fondo de Cultura Económica ISBN 9786071670540 Edition number 1 Publication year 2021 Pages 72 Format Print and digital THEMA Children’s, Teenage Synopsis If you had the chance to speak to the Earth, what would you ask her?, what do you think she would answer? Through author’s pen, girls and boys talk about their concerns by way of questions; at the same time, they express their curiosity to know the secrets, the origin and the fate of this blue planet. And the Earth, with overwhelming and honest answers but also hopeful, replies all the questions. foreign rights contact Susana Figueroa; Janet Soto E-mail sfigueroa@fondodeculturaeconomica.com; jsoto@fondodeculturaeconomica.com -
Mujer pájara
Read moreTitle Mujer pájara Author Ethel Batista; David Álvarez (ilus.) Publisher Fondo de Cultura Económica Imprint Fondo de Cultura Económica ISBN 9786071672353 Edition number 1 Publication year 2022 Pages 32 Format Printed THEMA Children’s, Teenage Synopsis The birdwoman is born, grows, and lives. She is full of fear and spends her days in a birdcage, but sometimes she sings. One day, a cat jumps on the birdcage and breaks it, and then it’s when the birdwoman leaves her prison and flies; even though they want to catch her, she flies to free herself meanwhile everything is falling into pieces. This picture book is a feminist powerful metaphor about the oppression and liberation of women. foreign rights contact Susana Figueroa; Janet Soto E-mail sfigueroa@fondodeculturaeconomica.com; jsoto@fondodeculturaeconomica.com -
El libro más extraordinario
Read moreTitle El libro más extraordinario Author Toño Malpica; Isidro R. Esquivel (ilus.) Publisher Fondo de Cultura Económica Imprint Fondo de Cultura Económica ISBN 9786071681157 Edition number 1 Publication year 2023 Pages 40 Format Print and digital THEMA Children’s, Teenage Synopsis Eder is not satisfied with his life; boredom and the monotony of every day invade him. Then he meets Luk, a laidoff guy who starts working in the same place as him. Between conversations, he asks him why he’s so happy; Luk reveals that he has found the secret in a book on top of a tower: the most extraordinary book. Eder, determined to find it, sets off for the tower and asks the guardian for this book, but the guardian doesn’t answer. Eder will have to search for it himself and discover why it’s capable of changing lives. foreign rights contact Susana Figueroa; Janet Soto E-mail sfigueroa@fondodeculturaeconomica.com; jsoto@fondodeculturaeconomica.com -
Códice peregrino
Read moreTitle Códice peregrino Author Vivian Mansour; Emmanuel Valtierra (ilus.) Publisher Fondo de Cultura Económica Imprint Fondo de Cultura Económica ISBN 9786071676108 Edition number 1 Publication year 2022 Pages 40 Format Printed THEMA Children’s, Teenage Synopsis The Vargas Ramírez family is from northern Tenochtitlan, from somewhere named Iztapalapa, the place of the crockery above the water. One day, the father hears the beautiful song of a bird: “We are leaving. We are leaving…” and he understands that they must look for a new place to settle in. In their pilgrimage, the Migrant Warriors will come across the cops, Solar Evils, and will face dangerous situations to arrive on the other side, where the man-bird flying over metallic trees is located. foreign rights contact Susana Figueroa; Janet Soto E-mail sfigueroa@fondodeculturaeconomica.com; jsoto@fondodeculturaeconomica.com -
Clic
Read moreTitle Clic Author Roger Ycaza Publisher Fondo de Cultura Económica Imprint Fondo de Cultura Económica ISBN 9786071670526 Edition number 1 Publication year 2021 Pages 52 Format Print and digital THEMA Children’s, Teenage Synopsis Alone at house and far away from everything, a father and his daughter find a way to get out of routine through imagination and stories. The adventure begins in a distant jungle with friendly and strange creatures, then, in a sailing ship, it transports us to the sea and from there, it takes us to float into outer space. Along with their furry friend, father and daughter come into an extraordinary journey in which time and space are infinite; both are guided only by the joy of being alive and together. foreign rights contact Susana Figueroa; Janet Soto E-mail sfigueroa@fondodeculturaeconomica.com; jsoto@fondodeculturaeconomica.com -
Gigante
Read moreTitle Gigante Author Alexandra Castellanos Solís Publisher Fondo de Cultura Económica Imprint Fondo de Cultura Económica ISBN 9786071671363 Edition number 1 Publication year 2021 Pages 48 Format Print and digital THEMA Children’s, Teenage Synopsis Cris imagines, has fun, and explores the world hand by hand with a very special friend, who unconditionally accompanies her. He is giant, but this does not stop them from playing hide and seek, dancing, or drawing. The problem is that he gets bigger and bigger, so much, that one day he no longer fits in the house, so they decide to go out for a walk in the city; however, the giant keeps growing, and soon, he will have to transform into something else... foreign rights contact Susana Figueroa; Janet Soto E-mail sfigueroa@fondodeculturaeconomica.com; jsoto@fondodeculturaeconomica.com -
La balada de los niños muertos
Read moreTitle La balada de los niños muertos Author Efraím Blanco; Daniele Serra (ilus.) Publisher Fondo de Cultura Económica Imprint Fondo de Cultura Económica ISBN 9786071681188 Edition number 1 Publication year 2023 Pages 92 Format Print and digital THEMA Children’s, Teenage Synopsis In Gatonegro, cradle of ghost legends, the living children play as long as the light allows it. Sometimes, when one of them gets distracted and stays until night falls, Lord Death appears, and the dead children angrily watch him snatch another life. However, from the plane they inhabit, the dead children have grown tired of just playing in the evenings, leaning out of the windows and singing a sad ballad in the cemetery, they cry out for justice and know it is time to stop their murderer. foreign rights contact Susana Figueroa; Janet Soto E-mail sfigueroa@fondodeculturaeconomica.com; jsoto@fondodeculturaeconomica.com -
Volver atrás
Read moreTitle Volver atrás Author Abraham Balcázar Publisher Fondo de Cultura Económica Imprint Fondo de Cultura Económica ISBN 9786071684431 Edition number 1 Publication year 2024 Pages 112 Format Print and digital THEMA Graphic novels, Comic books, Manga, Cartoons; Children’s, Teenage Synopsis The world is now the property of MEDRA and all civilization is in Plenia, the last megalopolis. The robot VA-42 wakes up after his creator has reprogrammed him and is eager to know the world, which is in a terrible decadence. However, VA-42 mission is to go back: to make things better for all. When VA-42 enters Plenia, he finds rebel humans fighting MEDRA robots and decides to fight alongside humans, but, at the end of the battle, a girl attacked him. Soon after, he finds out that he can’t save anyone because, years ago, he killed hundreds of humans. foreign rights contact Susana Figueroa; Janet Soto E-mail sfigueroa@fondodeculturaeconomica.com; jsoto@fondodeculturaeconomica.com -
Ana en todas partes
Read moreTitle Ana en todas partes Author Adolfo Córdova; Pepa Ilustradora (ilus.) Publisher Fondo de Cultura Económica Imprint Fondo de Cultura Económica ISBN 9786071681171 Edition number 1 Publication year 2023 Pages 182 Format Print and digital THEMA Children’s, Teenage Synopsis Julian is in love with Anna. He writes “Anna” in all sizes, “Anna” everywhere. She is the main character of his stories, the defender of toads and just causes. The problem is that Julian cannot confess his love to her because, at recess, when she is around, the piranha-crows devour his intestines. Besides, Anna is a year older, what if she laughs at him or says no? But one day, an unexpected event puts them on the same path... foreign rights contact Susana Figueroa; Janet Soto E-mail sfigueroa@fondodeculturaeconomica.com; jsoto@fondodeculturaeconomica.com -
Un amor por encima de todo
Read moreTitle Un amor por encima de todo Author Eugenio Fernández Vázquez; Mariana Villanueva Segovia (ilus.) Publisher Fondo de Cultura Económica Imprint Fondo de Cultura Económica ISBN 9786071684059 Edition number 1 Publication year 2024 Pages 40 Format Printed THEMA Children’s, Teenage Synopsis An ash tree and a jacaranda tree have an impossible romance. They embrace each other high above the street, and even though it might seem to be an unimpeded idyll, several wires cross their love: electricity, telephone, and light cables. They struggle to love each other and stretch their branches to cross the barrier, but since they are intertwined with the wires, the telephone company plans to cut them. Will their love be able to overcome the obstacles and rise above it all? foreign rights contact Susana Figueroa; Janet Soto E-mail sfigueroa@fondodeculturaeconomica.com; jsoto@fondodeculturaeconomica.com -
La reina de la torre
Read moreTitle La reina de la torre Author Kari de la Vega; Fátima Ordinola (ilus.) Publisher Fondo de Cultura Económica Imprint Fondo de Cultura Económica ISBN 9786071679031 Edition number 1 Publication year 2024 Pages 48 Format Print and digital THEMA Children’s, Teenage Synopsis The queen of the tower always seems to be afraid. She doesn’t go out to the park, and sometimes she falls into a very deep sleep. Her daughter, the little girl in this story, enjoys staying with her at the house to read short stories, but what she wants most is to rescue her… A subtle and touching book about girls and boys whose mothers have a mental disorder, such as anxiety or depression. foreign rights contact Susana Figueroa; Janet Soto E-mail sfigueroa@fondodeculturaeconomica.com; jsoto@fondodeculturaeconomica.com -
Trinares
Read moreTitle Trinares Author Felipe Munita; Sozapato (ilus.) Publisher Fondo de Cultura Económica Imprint Fondo de Cultura Económica ISBN 9786071679819 Edition number 1 Publication year 2023 Pages 32 Format Print and digital THEMA Children’s, Teenage Synopsis In this sound universe —between land and sky— fluttering wings, chirps, squawks and trills of the colorful songbirds can be heard. This is a harmonious gear in which notes fly by and melodies travel; an orchestra in which the rain, the river and the sea come together; a concert where sun rays, branches and tree leaves dance accompanied by the wind’s whistle without leaving behind the celebrating bees and the slow pace of snails. foreign rights contact Susana Figueroa; Janet Soto E-mail sfigueroa@fondodeculturaeconomica.com; jsoto@fondodeculturaeconomica.com -
Todo mal
Read moreTitle Todo mal Author Juan Gedovius Publisher Fondo de Cultura Económica Imprint Fondo de Cultura Económica ISBN 9786071680440 Edition number 1 Publication year 2023 Pages 32 Format Print and digital THEMA Children’s, Teenage Synopsis These two characters roar, insult each other and show their teeth. The anger of dragons is a serious thing! As the rage grows and comes out in the shape of fire, something inside them becomes empty. However, sometimes all they need is a colorful excuse to let their guard down and transform the screams into laughter. Something simple to remind them that, between them, there is an even more powerful emotion. foreign rights contact Susana Figueroa; Janet Soto E-mail sfigueroa@fondodeculturaeconomica.com; jsoto@fondodeculturaeconomica.com -
Camaleón
Read moreTitle Camaleón Author Laia Jufresa Publisher Fondo de Cultura Económica Imprint Fondo de Cultura Económica ISBN 9786071680013 Edition number 1 Publication year 2023 Pages 40 Format Print and digital THEMA Children’s, Teenage Synopsis A lion bed. Not any lion bed, but The King of the Sábana (savanah/sheets), the fiercest in the entire bedroom. One day though, he looks in the mirror and doesn’t recognize himself. He’s lost his crown! He goes on a quest for it, only to find what actually makes him himself. foreign rights contact Susana Figueroa; Janet Soto E-mail sfigueroa@fondodeculturaeconomica.com; jsoto@fondodeculturaeconomica.com -
Reyes
Read moreTitle Reyes Author Rocío Alejandro Publisher Fondo de Cultura Económica Imprint Fondo de Cultura Económica ISBN 9786071683304 Edition number 1 Publication year 2024 Pages 40 Format Printed THEMA Children’s, Teenage Synopsis Once upon a time, there was a king who lived happily in the kingdom of Cyan. One day, on the other side of his domain, he saw something: it was the king of the Green kingdom. Soon, the Cyan King built larger towers and huger buildings; he wanted his kingdom to be the most beautiful! But the Green King wanted the same… and so the dispute began. foreign rights contact Susana Figueroa; Janet Soto E-mail sfigueroa@fondodeculturaeconomica.com; jsoto@fondodeculturaeconomica.com -
Diabluras
Read moreTitle Diabluras Author Roger Ycaza Publisher Fondo de Cultura Económica Imprint Fondo de Cultura Económica ISBN 9786071679574 Edition number 1 Publication year 2024 Pages 36 Format Printed THEMA Children’s, Teenage Synopsis This picture book takes us to a playful universe full of mischief, in which the main devils ring the doorbell, break things, sing, play, grunt, laugh and become endearing. A fun and devilish sequence through which the little ones will identify sounds and colors that surround them in their daily lives, as well as, on the other side, they will find a hilarious challenge where they will be able to recognize classic characters in the little devils in disguise. foreign rights contact Susana Figueroa; Janet Soto E-mail sfigueroa@fondodeculturaeconomica.com; jsoto@fondodeculturaeconomica.com
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