La edad moderna

An introductory history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with a fictional story involving children to depict the era.

Bear didn't like his name. He was so timid and fearful that both the cats and mice in the neighborhood never missed an opportunity to laugh at him. But one day, Bear discovered that someone loved him just as he was.

Carlota and her grandmother try to find a swimming pool to cool off in on a hot summer day. Since they can't find one, they decide to go to the art museum instead. As Carlota splashes around in the paintings, children will be introduced to five famous paintings of the pointillist school.

Sephy es una Par, hija de un destacado político, pertenece a la élite de gente con piel oscura. Callum es un Non, un chico de piel pálida, y por tanto miembro de la clase humilde. Hubo un tiempo en que los Nones fueron esclavos de los Pares, y aunque actualmente la esclavitud está abolida, la discriminación sigue siendo la norma general. Pero Sephy y Callum han sido amigos desde la infancia... y ahora que ya han crecido, saben que su relación no puede ir más allá de la pura amistad. Hasta que una nueva ley permite que algunos Nones talentosos pasen a los institutos reservados para los ...

Felicidad is a girl who lives in Piñares,she tell the story about her neighbour,Marcial is a old and charismatic woodcutter. The little girl accompanies him all the saturdays to take firewood. They have a narrow relation,she love the stories about him in Canada where he was living during one period of his life.