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The cat who wanted to fly high

Doña Paquita's cat is a very curious cat. Entrhalled by the majestic flight of the town's stork, he wants to imitate the bird and fly high above the rooftops of his little town. Will he succeed?


Floro the cat gazes out his window at the town's stork and dreams...What if!

Children's Literature from Spain
This book forms part of the "To Read Is To Live" project.
Floro the cat likes to gaze out his window at the majestic flight of the town's stork and dream... What if!
Fiction
by Manlio Argueta (trans. by Michael B. Miller) Tragic, lyrical, touching, the story of three women trapped in the nightmare of El Salvador’s war.
by Manuel Corleto (trans. by Michael B. Miller) Award-winning novel from Guatemala. Daring, atavistic, this novel hits the raw nerve of a country in crisis.
by Sergio Ramirez (trans. by Michael B. Miller) Genre: Nicaraguan Historical Fiction.
History
Paleontology
by Juan Luis Arsuaga and Ignacio Martínez (trans. by Michael B. Miller) 407 p. The story of how Mother Earth has shaped humanity through the millennia.