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Chiqui de la Fuente

    Chiqui de la Fuente left an indelible mark on the comics world with his distinctive style, often likened to the Belgian school. After a period in Argentina, he returned to Spain to launch a prolific career in comic illustration. He became renowned for his humorous illustrations and iconic series like 'Hector' and 'Oliver', which defined his creative output. His talent for adapting literary classics into visual narratives highlights his versatility and profound storytelling abilities.

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    Aladdin
    Münchhausen
    Moby Dick
    • Aladdin

      • 46 pages
      • 2 hours of reading
      Aladdin
    • Alice's adventures in Wonderland

      • 239 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      'I had sent my heroine straight down a rabbit-hole without the least idea what was to happen afterwards,' wrote Dodgson, describing how Alice was conjured up one 'golden afternoon' in 1862 to entertain his child-friend Alice Liddell. In the nonsensical Wonderland and the back-to-front Looking-Glass kingdom, order is turned upside-down: a baby turns into a pig; time is abandoned at a tea-party; and a chaotic game of chess makes a 7-year-old a Queen.

      Alice's adventures in Wonderland
      4.1
    • Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen.

      • 301 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Today is Wednesday 2nd October. If I am back in this very room in the Reform Club on Saturday 21st December by eight forty-five in the evening, I win. Phileas Fogg bets a small fortune that he can go round the world in eighty days a huge sum of money in 1872, worth more than a million pounds today.When he sets off on his amazing journey with his clever servant, Passepartout, they cannot afford the slightest delay. Will the two travelers have time to help Princess Aouda, when the brave and beautiful young woman is threatened with a cruel fate?Detective Fix believes that Mr Fogg is a bank robber, and plans to arrest him. Will that be the end of Phileas Fogg s chance to save his fortune?Real Reads are accessible texts designed to support the literacy development of primary and lower secondary age children while introducing them to the riches of our international literary heritage. Each book is a retelling of a work of great literature from one of the world s greatest cultures, fitted into a 64-page book, making classic stories, dramas and histories available to intelligent young readers as a bridge to the full texts, to language students wanting access to other cultures, and to adult readers who are unlikely ever to read the original versions.

      Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen.
      3.9
    • Treasure Island

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      Fifteen men on the dead man's chest- Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! Little do they know that among their crew is the dastardly pirate Long John Silver. Can brave Jim outwit the most infamous pirate ever to sail the high seas?

      Treasure Island
      3.9