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THEMES:
Poetry, Fauna, Latin Themes
AUTHOR:
WINNER OF THE CASTILLO NATIONAL
CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG ADULT
LITERATURE AWARD
2017 FILIJ AMBASSADOR
ILLUSTRATIONS SELECTED FOR
THE BIENNIAL OF ILLUSTRATIONS
BRATISLAVA (
bib
) 2017
A collection of poems that celebrates
creativity, dreams and the rich fauna
of Latin America.
OUTLINE:
Hidden in dreams, jumping, singing, plowing the wind and the
earth, this is how the animals that appear in this collection of poetry
live. They all inhabit different countries of our continent as well as
the land of fantasy, where a shooting star crosses the sky like a sign
of a journey in which you are about to embark.
AUTHOR PROFILE:
María Baranda
(Mexico City) is a poet. Her work includes various
publications for children and national and international prizes.
Recently, the International Children and Young Adults Book Fair (
filij
)
named her a 2017
filij
ambassador.
ILLUSTRATOR PROFILE:
Armando Fonseca García
(Mexico City) is an illustrator.
He studied philosphy at the
unam
and illustration at the Casa
Universitaria del Libro. His work has been shown in Mexico
and abroad, and he has collaborated in various newspaper
publications.
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UN AJOLOTE
ME DIJO...
AN AJOLOTE TOLD ME...
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Castillo de la Lectura
Size: 5.1 x 7.7 in
Pages: 56
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 978-607-621-627-9
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