Spanish literature in Reclams Red Series: this is the Spanish original text - unabridged and unedited with word explanations at the bottom of each page, a postscript, and literary references. Elvira Lindo, born in 1962, achieved something in the Spanish-speaking world in the 1990s that would only happen worldwide years later: millions of children read her books, look forward to the sequels, and follow the film adaptations in theaters. Her anti-hero from the Madrid working-class neighborhood of Carabanchel, the ten-year-old Manolito Gafotas - which translates to something like "Manolito Glasses Snake" - tells his adventures in the first person (comparable to Little Nick) about his family, school, and friends, and what he shares is often laugh-out-loud funny. Spanish reading: level B1 - B2.