La cometa de los sueos (The Kite of Dreams)

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Mohesiwa's wishes take shape in the jungle where he lives and plays. Amunet smiles as she thinks about her future. Juana daydreams when she cleans car windshields and, on the other side of the world, Anja and her brother Tovo search amongst mounds of trash, without ever losing sight of their dreams. The boys and girls in these short stories fly their kites and dream of a better world. Grab on to its string and join them as you fly away with the Kite of Dreams. Los deseos de Moshesiwa nacen en la selva donde vive y juega. Amunet sonrie al pensar en su futuro. Juana se deja llevar muy lejos mientras limpia los cristales de los coches y, al otro lado del mundo, Anja y su hermano Tovo rebuscan en un basurero sin dejar de sonar. Las ninas y ninos de estas pequenas historias vuelan su cometa y suenan con un mundo mejor. Atrapa su hilo y viaja tu tambien con la cometa de los suenos.

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The Kite of Dreams represents childrens capacity for hope, love, and joy, no matter what hardships they face. Kirkus Reviews

Author Bio

Mara del Pilar Lpez vila (Cartagena, Spain 1969) is an award-winning writer of childrens stories. Her passion for children's literature began when she was very young at the age of nine she was already writing children's stories. PHD in Veterinary Medicine, she currently works as a Biology and Geology teacher at high school in Cceres. She is married and the mother of 3 children. She is also the director of the Teatro Paraso. In December 2010, she was awarded third position in the Joaqun SamaAwards for Educational Innovation in the category A more civic and caring school, for the project entitled Use of waste materials. In Cuento de Luz she has published Ayobami and the Names of the Animals (2017), winner of the International Latino Book Awards in 2018, and The Kite of Dreams ( 2019).

Concha Pasamar is an award-winning Spanish illustrator. Words and drawings have always been part of her. For a few years, illustration has been added to her dedication to teaching and research of the Spanish language, which sometimes also takes her along the path of writing.

Paula Merln (Vigo, 1979) is a Spanish award-winning author. She graduated in Law and Education. Currently, she combines writing with teaching, her two passions. She has published more than twenty children's books, many of them translated into several languages such as Galician, Basque, Catalan, English, Italian, French and Korean. Her most important books is The Bizzies (Cuento de luz, 2019).