The Great Magician of the World

(Hardback)

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Whether it be creating a rainbow out of different colored handkerchiefs or filling up the sky with flying doves carrying playing cards, the feats carried out by a would-be magician fill the pages of this book about everyday magic. Although not really a magician, the main character imagines himself to be one, accomplishing impressive tricks such aschanging night into day and back again.

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"The Great Magician of the World is an explosion of stylized illustrations and color. While Fran Nuno's words conjure magical ideas, illustrator Enrique Quevedo's artwork conjures pure wonder. Readers will spend far more time examining the images than the words, but the words are what ties everything together." www.crackingthecover.com

"The Great Magician of the World is a book full of poetry and color to discover that we live in the greatest magic show possible." Boolino.es

Author Bio

Fran Nuo was born in Bilbao in 1973 but lives in Seville, Spain. He is a writer, cultural promoter, and bookseller-editor. Author of some forty published books, almost all of them children's literature, among which there are novels, stories, poetry, theater pieces, manuals and picture books. He has received several awards and mentions, both for his literary work and for his work in favor of reading. With Fairground Lights (Cuento de Luz) he won the Gold Medal for Best Illustrated Album in Spanish at the Moonbeam Children's Book Awards 2013 and with The Map of Good Memories (Cuento de Luz) he was awarded Best illustrated album for all ages at the New York City Big Book Award 2017. His work has been translated into Galician, Valencian, Catalan, English, German, Portuguese, Arabic, Mandarin and Korean.

Enrique Quevedo was born in Cdiz, Spain, in 1967, and currently resides in Seville. Since a very young age, Enrique was interested in drawing and also in the operation of mechanical devices, which led him to study Fine Arts in Seville, where he majored in painting. Today, he is a full-time illustrator, mostly working on children's picture books (The Great Magician of the World, Fairground Lights, The Dance of Time...) and collaborating with the Sevillian gallery La Caja China. His work has been exhibited in galleries in Barcelona, Jerez, and at the ARCO Fair in Madrid. In 2012 he was awarded Gold Medal for Best Illustrator at the Moonbeam Children's Book Awards 2012 and in 2014 he won gold again in the category of Best Children's Book of the Living Now Awards in the United States.