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Jaime Valero Martínez (International) assertion Jaime Valero Martínez i(18230593 works by)
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3 y separately published work icon My Unicorn Farts Glitter Suzanne Barton , Shannon Horsfall (illustrator), ( trans. Jaime Valero Martínez with title Mi unicornio se tira pedos de purpurina ) Madrid : Grupo Anaya , 2020 17445836 2019 single work picture book children's

'My unicorn is an icky, sticky disaster area, from his silly, sparkly horn to his polka dot bottom.

'But despite the stink, the sneezes and snores, I love him loads and he loves me more.

'My Unicorn Farts Glitter is a funny, warm-hearted and often painfully honest tale of sibling love and farty bath-times.' 

 (Publication summary)
7 4 y separately published work icon Pig the Pug Aaron Blabey , Aaron Blabey (illustrator), ( trans. Jaime Valero Martínez with title Coco el Perro ) Madrid : Anaya , 2019 6980675 2014 single work picture book children's

'Pig was a Pug and I'm sorry to say, he was greedy and selfish in most every way. Pig is the greediest Pug in the world. He is ill-tempered, rude and unreasonable. When Pig the Pug is asked to share his toys, something unexpected happens ... Hopefully Pig has learned a lesson!' (Publication summary)
2 y separately published work icon Accidental Heroes Lian Tanner , ( trans. Jaime Valero Martínez with title Los truhanes : héroes por accidente ) Madrid : Anaya Publishers , 2019 11532819 2017 single work children's fiction children's fantasy

'Pummel is a farm boy who has arrived in the city of Neuhalt seeking work. But things are different in the city—if you see ghosts or believe in magic, you are guilty of the crime of disloyalty. The devious Lord Rump and his granddaughter, Duckling, need a disposable boy, and Pummel fits the bill perfectly. Lord Rump's machinations take both children into the enchanted castle of Neuhalt and before long they are entwined in a plot to kill the heir to the Faithful Throne, the Young Margrave. If they want to protect the Young Margrave, and save themselves from an awful death, Duckling and Pummel must learn to use the magic that no one else believes in.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
6 6 y separately published work icon City of Lies Lian Tanner , ( trans. Jaime Valero Martínez with title La Ciudad de las Mentiras ) Madrid : Anaya , 2017 Z1790161 2011 single work children's fiction children's adventure fantasy 'A gripping fantasy adventure: the exciting sequel to Museum of Thieves. Six months have passed since the Great Storm, and Goldie Roth is trapped at home again, this time by the invisible chains of love and guilt. But when Toadspit's sister Bonnie is abducted by a mysterious criminal called Harrow, Goldie must leave home in a bold attempt to rescue her friends ...

In the last few months she had had more than a dozen messages from the museum, asking when she was going to take up her position as Fifth Keeper. Tonight she would reply. 'Never.'

Goldie Roth is a trained thief and a skilful liar. She's supposed to be one of the keepers of the mysterious Museum of Dunt, along with her friend Toadspit. But although she desperately wants to be a keeper, her parents are ill and she will not leave them. Then Toadspit's sister Bonnie is stolen, and Goldie is forced into action. She and Toadspit follow the child-stealers to the neighbouring city of Spoke. Along the way, Toadspit is also captured, and Goldie discovers some dangerous secrets - secrets that the child-stealers will kill to protect. She will need all her skills as a thief and a liar if she is to survive and save her friends. But survive she must. Because the Fugleman has returned to Jewel, and the Fifth Keeper will soon be needed more than ever ...' (Publisher's blurb)
6 3 y separately published work icon Mission Unpluckable The Bad Guys Episode 2 Aaron Blabey , ( trans. Jaime Valero Martínez with title Animalotes ) Barcelona : Anaya , 2017 9285838 2015 single work children's fiction children's

'The Bad Guys are back with a daring plan to rescue 10,000 chickens from a high-security cage farm!

'But how do you rescue chickens when one of you is known as The Chicken Swallower? Join the Bad Guys as they return for more dodgy good deeds with a new member of the team. And watch out for the super villain who might just be the end of them!

'Good deeds. Whether you like it or not.' (Publication summary)
6 4 y separately published work icon The Bad Guys - Episode 1 Aaron Blabey , ( trans. Jaime Valero Martínez with title Animalotes. Episodio 1 ) Madrid : Anaya , 2017 8805481 2015 single work children's fiction children's

'They sound like the Bad Guys, they look like the Bad Guys . . . and they even smell like the Bad Guys. But Mr Wolf, Mr Piranha, Mr Snake and Mr Shark are about to change all of that!

'Mr Wolf has a daring plan for the Bad Guys first good mission. The gang are going to break 200 dogs out of the Maximum Security City Dog Pound.

'Will Operation Dog Pound go smoothly? Will the Bad Guys become the Good Guys?

'And will Mr Snake please spit out Mr Piranha?' (Publication summary)
2 2 y separately published work icon Return of the Prophet Dark Rising Greig Beck , ( trans. Jaime Valero Martínez with title La Esfera de Arak ) Madrid : La Factoría de Ideas , 2015 Z1689791 2010 single work novel thriller horror When a massive amount of gamma radiation is detected somewhere beneath the desert of Iran, the world is on edge. Is it a nuclear weapon—or worse? Alex Hunter and his highly trained incursion team is on a mission to find out. When they arrive at the ruins of Persepolis, they find an underground facility but no lab, no weapons, no scientists—not even radiation. A black hole has taken everything...Meanwhile, Iran is preparing for the return of the prophet. Israel is threatening nuclear war. And the details about Alex's special U.S. military venture—code name: Arcadian—have been stolen. Then another gamma spike is detected...and someone, or something, is draining the fluids from the bodies of Iranian soldiers in the desert. Now it's up to Alex to follow the traces of radiation all the way to the ancient caves of Arak, where he'll come face to face with a creature from his darkest nightmares. Is it game-over for Alex and his team? Or are greater forces at work as the world reaches its natural end—and mankind casts its final judgment?

[Source: Greig Beck's website]
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