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© 2010, Isol, illustration
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CHILDREN’S
BOOKS
Frankfurt 2011
Obras para niños y jóvenes FCE
Fondo de Cultura Económica is the most important publishing house in Mexico
and one of the most important ones in Latin America. It was originally established
in 1934 as a way to provide students of Economics with books in Spanish on the
subject. Little by little fce expanded its publishing areas to other subjects that today
encompass almost everything, from children’s literature to scientific texts. Fondo de
Cultura Económica is a decentralized publishing institution funded by the Mexican
government.
fce’s backlist encompasses more than 8 000 volumes, from which 4 000 (aprox.) are
still being published or reprinted, with more than 250 new titles being added each year.
This great cultural wealth is grouped in many subjects, such as Literature, Philosophy,
Social Sciences, History, Children’s Books, Art, Economics, etc.
In addition to its central office in Mexico, fce has foreign branches in Argentina,
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Peru, Spain, usa and Venezuela.
Contact information
FONDO DE CULTURA ECONÓMICA
Carretera Picacho-Ajusco 227
Bosques del Pedregal, Tlalpan
14738, Mexico City, Mexico
Tel.: (52-55) 5227-4672
Fax: (52-55) 5227-4656
ELIANA PASARÁN
Children’s Books Publisher
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Tel.: (52-55) 5449-1871
Fax: (52-55) 5449-1873
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Nocturno. Recetario de sueños
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[Nocturne. A Dream Guide]
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his book is not only a dream catcher, but a guide to possible dreams, to the visions that
stay with us as we visit the nocturnal realm. It is charged with artificial light in order to
display different and surprising images in the dark. A contrast between what we see and what
awakens in our dreams when our eyes are shut.
Isol (b. Buenos Aires, 1972) studied Fine Arts and Mixed
Arts. She has worked in the fields of comic, poetry and
visual arts. At this moment, she is entirely devoted to media
and book illustration (covering from publishing firms, to
magazines and newspapers). She has published her work as
author and illustrator in Spain, Mexico, France and Argentina
with great success. She was honored with a Golden Apple at
the BIB, and her books are in the White Ravens List with a
Special Mention (2002, 2003, and 2004).
1st ed., FCE-Mexico, 2011
Series: Los Especiales de A la Orilla del Viento
32 pp.
16.5 × 23 cm (6.5 × 9 in)
Age: 5 +
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F O N DO DE C ULTURA ECO N Ó MI C A
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Daylight
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La bella Griselda
[Beautiful Griselda]
Isol
1st ed., FCE-Mexico,
2010 28 pp. 20 x 22 cm (7.8 x 8.6 in)
Series: A la Orilla del Viento
B
eautiful Griselda had truly a killing beauty. No man could
help but, literally, lose his head for her. Thus she was always
alone in her palace. One day, tired of loneliness, Griselda invited
a somewhat myopic prince to visit in the hope that he would
not be aware of her mortal beauty… until, as everyone around
gaped in amazement, he too was beheaded. Beautiful Princess
Griselda remains at the mercy of her own misfortune in all but
the briefest of meetings.
Age: 7+
italian and English rights sold
• A keenly told, humorous story that invites readers to reflect on vanity, selfishness and lonelines
• Isol’s narrative has the superb quality of revealing the
fantastic in the ordinary
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Tener un patito es útil
[It’s Useful to Have a Duck]
Isol
1st ed., Fce Mexico, 2007
32 pp.
15 × 16 cm (6 × 6.3 in)
Board book
ISBN 9789681672850
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child finds a duck useful as a swinging chair, as a hat, and
as a nose. A duck finds a child useful for back rubs, as a
watching tower, and for waxing its beak. This accordion fold
book in two colors tells two versions of the same story, depending on which side it is being read.
AWARDS FOR THE BOOK
• Selected for 50 Books / 50 Covers, 2007 aiga, NY
• Premio Quórum 2007
AWARDS FOR THE AUTHOR
• Finalist at the Hans Christian Andersen Award 2006/2007
• Nominee for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2006
(Sweden)
• Special Mention in The White Ravens 2004 List for El cuento de
Navidad by Auggie Wren (by Paul Auster, Sudamericana, 2003)
• Golden Apple Prize in the Bienal of Illustration of Bratislava
2003, Slovakia, for the illustrations of the book Tic Tac (by Jorge
Luján, Alfaguara, 2003)
• The White Ravens 2002 List for El globo (fce publishers, 2002)
• Illustration Award in the 3rd Press Design International Contest
(Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1998)
• Special Mention in the A la Orilla del Viento Picture Book
Award, 1997 (Fondo de Cultura Económica, Mexico)
Age: 3 +
German, English and Portuguese rights sold
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Isol
2nd
2nd Edition, 1999
40 pp.
17 x 21.5 (59 x 7.5 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9789681661519
Edition, 2009
24 pp.
17 x 21.5 cm (6.7 x 8.5 in)
Picture book
ISBN 968166485X
ulito is bored by watching endless television shows and enrols
on a cultural exchange program. He sets out for an adventure
in Africa, and a young elephant firmly takes his place in front
of the television set.
Age: 5 +
W
ith less than one day before his birthday, Nino accidentally opens the door to the closet where he finds a huge
gift. He wonders what it could be. Nino is disappointed to find
that the gift seems quite boring. He only discovers its hidden
surprises later on.
Age: 5 +
German, Portuguese and Italian rights sold
Portuguese rights sold
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[A Surprising Gift]
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Regalo sorpresa
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[Cultural Exchange]
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Intercambio cultural
Secreto de familia
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[Things that Happen]
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Cosas que pasan
[Family Secret]
Isol
Isol
1st
48 pp.
17 x 21.5 cm (6.7 x 8.5 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9789681670467
ed.,fce Mexico, 1998
23 pp.
17 x 21.5 cm (6.7 x 8.5 in)
Picture book
ISBN 968-16-5875-1
T
he girl in this tale has a serious problem: one morning she
wakes up earlier than usual and finds out a horrible secret
hidden by her mother. This secret makes her, as well as her family, different from everybody else.
Age: 5 +
• White Ravens Selection, 1997.
French, Portuguese and German rights sold
S
ometimes, every now and then, we may be lucky enough to
find a magic lamp with a genie inside, and maybe he could
grant us a wish. But what happens when we have too many
wishes and we do not know what to ask for?
Age: 5 +
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El globo
Vida de perros
[The Balloon]
[A Dog’s Life]
Isol
Isol
32 pp.
15.5 x 17.5 cm (6.1 x 6.8 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9681665732
1st ed., fce Mexico, 1997
32 pp.
21 × 24 cm (8.3 × 9.5 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9681654234
C
amila’s mother yells so much that she looks like a red balloon. Therefore Camila wishes she would actually turn into
one. And one day, her wish comes true. Camila begins to see her
mother in a new way. This charming story shows fantasies taking flight, and explores the relationships between parents and
children.
• White Ravens Selection, 2003.
Age: 5 +
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boy and his dog spend so much time together that it is difficult to pry them apart. This book paints the portrait of
one of the best and most precious relationships in the world—
that of a boy and his dog. A story of friendship, loyalty and good
times. Isol’s humor and unique graphic style combine to make a
delightful picture book for beginning readers.
Italian rights sold
AWARDS
• Illustration Award in the 3rd Press Design International Contest
(Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1998)
• Special Mention in the A la Orilla del Viento Picture Book
Award, 1997 (Fondo de Cultura Económica, Mexico)
Age: 4 +
Norwegian rights sold
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Animalario universal del profesor
Revillod Almanaque ilustrado de la
fauna mundial
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sts
[Universal Zoology]
Miguel Murugarren
Illustrated by Javier Sáez
40 pp.
18 x 14 cm (7.3 x 5.3 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9789681670481
P
rofessor Revillod has collected many pictures of extremely
exotic animals during his numerous trips around the world.
Come and see over 4 000 of his finest specimens, in a stylishly
designed and innovative picture book.
Miguel Murugarren was born in Spain. He studied
philosophy and literature. He is interested in advertising,
graphic design and music.
Javier Sáez was born in Spain. He studied Fine Arts. He
illustrates and writes his own books, like Picopelosplumas and
Los tres erizos, and works for many publishing houses.
• Winner of the ix International Children’s and Young People’s
Picture Book Award in 2004
For all ages
Dutch, French, Portuguese, Italian and German rights sold
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¿Quién pasó por aquí?
[Who’s Been Here?]
Martha Duhne
Illustrated by Manuel Monroy
32 pp.
18 × 18 cm (7 × 7 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9681680618
A
n entertaining way to learn about animals from their
tracks, with surprises hidden under the flaps and an appealing story for each animal. Ojitos Pajaritos [Birdie Eyes] is
a series of picture books that introduce children to the pleasure
of discovery. The authors are science writers, and the books are
aimed at children aged three to five who are about to discover
the world around them.
Martha Duhne has been a producer and science writer
for television, radio and magazines for more than 20 years.
She is the coauthor of Animales asombrosos. She is also the
information manager of ¿Cómo ves?, a science magazine
for young people published by the National University of
Mexico.
Manuel Monroy studied Graphic Communication
Design. In addition to teaching, he designs posters and
other art projects. He has been an illustrator since 1994, and
has exhibited in solo and joint exhibitions. He has received
numerous awards for his work, including the 1995 Quórum
Award, and the 2001 Noma Concours Award in Japan. He
has illustrated several fce books, including Un hombre de
mar, the Yoyo series, Chanyelín, and Rabieta Trebejos.
Age: 3 +
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¿Para qué usas la lengua?
[What Is Your Tongue For?]
María del Carmen Sánchez Mora
Illustrated by Jonathan Farr
32 pp.
18 × 18 cm (7 × 7 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9789681683665
T
ongues are good for much more than we might imagine.
Animals use them as detectors or weapons; to hunt, taste,
smell or talk. In this book, the interplay between words and pictures leads very young readers to discover how animal tongues
have many different shapes and uses. They will even discover
more about their own tongues!
María del Carmen Sánchez Mora graduated from the
National University of Mexico in Biology, and earned
a master’s degree in ecology from Stanford University and a
Ph.D. in science from the University of Mexico. She began
writing about science fifteen years ago at the University
Science Communication Center. She has contributed to
several programs at Universum, the University of Mexico
science museum. Her personal interests include teaching
Biology and scientific illustration. She is a member of the
ERIDOB (European Researchers in Didactics of Biology).
Jonathan Farr was born in Oxford in 1973. He studied
sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. His
work has been exhibited in Mexico and Europe. He paints
murals and creates stained glass windows for churches, and
has illustrated books for various publishers. He is also the
illustrator of the fce books Ripios y adivinanzas del mar and
Las aventuras de Max y su ojo submarino, and author of the
Plip and Charly series.
Age: 3 +
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¿Por qué se esconden?
[Why Are You Hiding?]
María Emilia Beyer Ruiz
Illustrated by Francesca Massai
32 pp.
18 × 18 cm (7 × 7 in)
Picture book
isbn 9789681685294
A
girl who loves to play hide-and-seek and to watch everything around her, finds out that in Nature not everything
is what it seems. This is a book thought especially for preschool
children, about the different kinds of mimesis. Through its
simple story, children learn to identify the two principal kinds
of mimesis—predation and defense—and, at the same time,
following the clues, they will learn which animals are hidden in
each page. A recreational book fit for children to learn to interpret images and to arouse their interest in nature.
María Emilia Beyer is a biologist; for five years she has
been dedicated to the popularization of science through
various means, such as science museums, conferences, essays
published in specialized magazines, etc. She constantly
collaborates in the popular science magazine ¿Cómo ves? and
in the bulletin El muégano divulgador. She currently works as
an academic coordinator for the popularization of science in
the National University of Mexico.
Francesca Massai is an Italian illustrator. This is her first
picture book.
Age: 3 +
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¿Cómo es tu mamá?
[How Is Your Mom?]
Rosanela Álvarez
Illustrated by Yasushi Muraki
32 pp.
18 × 18 cm (7 × 7 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9786071600059
T
his book presents five different kinds of moms to understand biodiversity. They’re all special: they protect, feed,
look after, play, educate and do anything for their pups, but
there is one kind of mom no other can match…
Rosanela Álvarez (Mexico City, 1958) studied Hispanic
Language and Literature. She’s worked as an editor, especially
of children’s books and book series targeted to elementary
and secondary school; she is co-author of natural science
books for elementary education, and author of Árboles por
todas partes, Árboles, sus inquilinos y visitantes, Los botones
de Ana and Trote de letras. She was responsible of the
Publishing Department of the General Direction of Science
Popularization of the National University of Mexico (unam),
and at present, she is the editorial advisor in the Secretary
of Institutional Development at the National University of
Mexico.
Yasushi Muraki ( Japan, 1968). His work—filled with
textures, emotive expressions and eloquent strokes—has been
included in the Illustrators Catalogue of the ibf in Bologna.
This is his first picture book.
Age 3 +
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¿Cómo es tu papá?
[How Is Your Dad?]
Estrella Burgos
Illustrated by Miguel Tanco
32 pp.
18 × 18 cm (7 × 7 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9786071600035
A
lthough most dads don’t stay with their pups, there are a
few who remain with them to protect them, teach them
how to survive, and play with them. Who are these dads?
Estrella Burgos has worked in the popularization of
science for over 20 years in books, magazines, radio and
television. She’s the chief editor of ¿Cómo ves?, a magazine
dedicated to science (dgdc/unam) since December 1998.
She formed as a popularizer of science in the Centre for
Science Communications (dgdc) of the National University
of Mexico. She has collaborated with national magazines and
newspapers with scientific articles. She is the author of three
popularization books and co-author of seven elementary
school science books.
Miguel Tanco is from Spain and lives Italy. His
illustrations are colorful, rich in textures and slightly
melancholic.
Age 3 +
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El rabo de Paco
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[Paco’s Tail]
Triunfo Arciniegas
Ilustrated by Óscar Soacha
Series: Los Primerísimos
32 pp.
22 × 17 cm (8.6 × 6.7 in)
P
aco has lost his tail. Despite various imaginary explanations
of what might have happened, no one knows how or when
he lost it, not even Paco himself. So Paco decides to go on a
quest to find his tail. On his way through jungles, over perpetually snow-capped mountains and multiple cities, Paco eventually learns that perhaps the tail wasn’t as important as what he’s
collected on his journey around the world.
Triunfo Arciniegas (Colombia, 1957) served as a
member of the National Union of Writers. He has published
over thirty books, and has received awards such as the VII
Enka Prize for Children’s Literature and the Colcultura
National Literature Prize.
Óscar Albeiro Soacha was born in Colombia. He has
worked for several publishers. In 2009, he was awarded the
Fundalectura’s Family Reading Prize.
Age: 4 +
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Irupé y Yaguareté
[Irupé and Yaguareté ]
Mariana Ruiz Johnson
[32] pp.
22 × 17 cm (8.6 × 6.7 in)
Series: Los Primerísimos
ISBN 9786071602558 • Paperback
I
rupé is thirsty. She drinks water from a canteen as she walks
quietly through the jungle, never realizing that the hungry jaguar Yaguaraté lurks in the grass. Suddenly, the beast leaps out at
the little girl... This simple, almost wordless story, leads readers
into a jungle of mysteries, colors and surprises.
Mariana Ruiz Johnson was born in Buenos Aires in
1984. Since 2005, she has worked as a freelance illustrator
publishing her work at many major publishing houses in
Argentina.
Shortlisted at the 13th ‘A la Orilla del Viento’ Picture Book Award
Age: 3+
• Through a clear visual narrative, the illustrations are
evocative of Gauguin, and maintain a consistent tension
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La suerte de Ozu
Ozu’s Luck
Claudia Rueda
1st. ed. fce Mexico, 2003
33 pp.
17 x 21.5 cm (6.7 x 8.5 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9789681670511
D
uring wartime a child and his father live on a farm. All
kind of things happen to them but both father and son
have different points of view. As time goes by they discover the
many advantages of this. A magnificent version of a Taoist fable
about the relativity of facts and the wisdom of fate.
Claudia Rueda is an outstanding Colombian writer an
illustrator who received a Special Mention in the A la Orilla
del Viento Picture Book Award.
Age: 5+
French and Portuguese rights sold
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El lápiz
le!
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[The Pencil]
Paula Bossio
24 pp.
16 × 16 cm (6.3 × 6.3 in)
A
little girl finds the end of a line—a very peculiar line able to
transform itself into different shapes. As the reader moves
through the pages, it turns into a slide, a liana, a ring, a bubble,
and even a scary monster! Although it is a simple line drawn
with a crayon or a pencil, it is also a guide for fun, invention, and
creativity. This book is a tribute to the act of creative playing; a
tribute to drawing and its infinite possibilities. Every page holds
a surprise for the reader.
Paula Bossio has worked as a creative designer and
freelance illustrator for many different publicity agencies.
Among many awards, she received the Noma Award from
Japan and the Katha Award from India. She teaches Graphic
Design at the Areandina University in Bogotá. This is her
first book.
Age: 1 +
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¿Te da miedo la oscuridad?
[Are you Afraid of the Dark?]
Jonathan Farr
40 pp.
19 × 23 cm (7.5 × 9 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9786071600394
I
t is time to go to sleep, but Plip and Charly can’t sleep because
there are things that go bump in the night. After summoning
up their courage, they decide to look at who or what is making
those noises and they encounter a big surprise…
murals and creates stained glass windows for churches, and
has illustrated books for various publishers. He is also the
illustrator of the fce books Ripios y adivinanzas del mar, and
Las aventuras de Max y su ojo submarino. This is his first
picture book as an author.
Age 4 +
German rights sold
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¿Por qué no quieres comer?
[Why don’t you Want to Eat?]
Jonathan Farr
1st ed., FCE Mexico, 2009
19 × 23 cm (7.5 × 9 in)
36 pp.
Picture book
ISBN 9786071600790
I
t is breakfast time when Plip and Charly receive an unexpected visitor. When the newcomer begins to cry, they have
to discover what is it that he needs and try to stop the crying.
A book to read before eating and to make mealtimes attractive
and enjoyable.
This book continues the series of Plip and Charly for preschool
children and deals with themes of their concern responding to
their stage of development.
The illustrations, done in water-colour, show details and parallel
stories that enrich the imagination of the reader.
Age: 4 +
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¿Por qué no vas al baño?
[Why Won’t you Go to the Toilet?]
Jonathan Farr
32 pp. 19 x 23 cm (7.5 x 9 in)
R
eni visits Plip and Charly for a weekend of fun. After an
afternoon of play and a nice snack, Reni feels like going
to the bathroom and in absence of his potty chair, he has to go
to the grown-ups’ bathroom. But as he approaches the door,
Reni hears mysterious and inexplicable noises! Will Reni dare
to overcome his fears and discover what’s inside the bathroom?
Age: 3+
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Libro Caracol
[The Snail Book]
by Javier Sáez Castán
24 pp.
23 × 23 cm (9 × 9 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9789681683689
I
n this book, young children will learn about shapes through
pictures and games. The Victorian-style drawings are exquisitely composed within blocks, which are arranged in an overall
design. The author also illustrated Animalario Universal, one of
fce’s best-selling children’s books.
Javier Sáez Castán studied fine arts at the University of
Valencia. He has been an illustrator for more than fifteen
years, and his books have won awards in several countries. He
has also been a teacher, and directs educational and cultural
workshops. He is the illustrator of El animalario universal by
Miguel Murugarren, a book that won the Ninth International
Children’s and Young People’s Picture Book Award in 2004.
Age: 4 +
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Rabieta Trebejos
[Tantrum Trebejos]
Manuel Monroy
26 pp.
20.5 x 20.7 (8.3 × 11 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9681682505
R
abieta’s grandma has an antique store brimming with pretty
things that she has collected over the years. Whenever her
grandma visits, Rabieta knows that she will bring her some interesting gift. But this time she only gets a sock! Why would
somebody want one single sock? Rabieta discovers that it turns
out to be more useful than she first thought.
Manuel Monroy studied Graphic Communication
Design. In addition to teaching, he designs posters and
other art projects. He has been an illustrator since 1994, and
has exhibited in solo and joint exhibitions. He has received
numerous awards for his work, including the 1995 Quórum
Award, and the 2001 Noma Concours Award in Japan. He
has illustrated several fce books, including Un hombre de
mar, the Yoyo series, Chanyelín, and Rabieta Trebejos.
• Winner of the III Concurso de Álbum Ilustrado A la Orilla del
Viento Award, 1998.
Age: 4 +
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Yo tengo una casa
[I Have a Home]
Claudia Legnazzi
40 pp.
18 × 20 cm (7 × 7.8 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9681664248
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hat is home? With marvellous pictures, Claudia
Legnazzi shows that home can be high or low, here or
there, big or small, but always very special. We see how imagination springs from the home inside us and that where ever we go,
we can take some home with us.
Claudia Legnazzi was born in Argentina, and writes and
illustrates books for children. Her work has won awards in
Mexico and Japan. Some of her illustrations are on display at
the Chihiro Museum of Art in Tokyo.
Age: 4 +
Hindi rights sold
• The quality of Legnazzi’s imagery makes this a lavish and
exceptional volume.
• A reassuring and comforting work for even the youngest of
readers.
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Es así
[It’s Like This]
Paloma Valdivia
• Attractive colorful pictures in which children
can ﬁnd answers about life and death
[36] pp. 19 × 23 cm (7.5 × 9 in)
ISBN 9786071602565 • hardcover
A
simple but profound reflection on birth and death; drawing strength from simplicity and humor, Valdivia deals
with complex feelings and explores longing, joy, doubt, love,
and change. With attractive colorful images, she delivers simple
everyday examples, full of charm and with a friendly, intimate
tone which children will find reassuring.
Paloma Valdivia (Santiago de Chile, 1978) won the
2001 bib plaque International Prize at the xviii Biennial of
Illustrations in Slovakia.
Age: 5+
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¡Qué niño más lento!
[The Slowest Boy]
Lucía Serrano Guerrero
[36] pp. 20 × 17 cm (7.8 × 6.7 in)
N
éstor is a child unlike any other. Sure, he wakes up, eats,
plays and does his homework, like all boys, yet he always
does it step by step, very, very slowly. While every one else is
constantly rushing, Néstor prefers to listen to his own rhythm
from within. He is happy just the way he is. One day, though,
he loses his inner harmony and, along with it, his peaceful, unhurried nature.
Lucía Serrano (Madrid, 1986) has illustrated children’s
books for numerous publishers. In 2000, she won the ‘Los
nuevos de Alfaguara’ Prize and in 2008 the Princess of Eboli
Prize with the book El día que olvidé cerrar el grifo.
• Thematically original, this volume intelligently explores
obstacles to children’s development and social integration
• Winner of the 13th ‘A la Orilla del Viento’ Picture Book Award
• White Ravens Selection, 2011
Age: 5+
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Ramona la mona
[Nicole the Mole]
Aitana Carrasco
40 pp.
21 x 28 cm (8.3 x 11 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9789681680268
B
runo lives with his father, mother, grandparents, and five
goldfish. Upon the arrival of Fola, a red cat, the child experiences the loss of his fish and his grandfather. Bruno is not
willing to accept Mona, his brand new sister… until one day
things change for good.
Aitana Carrasco was born in Valencia. She has a B.A. in
Fine Arts and is a member of the Valencian Association of
Professional Illustrators (apiv). In 1995 Carrasco recived a
prize at the XI ‘El Gos i la Tortuga’ Award of Editorial 3i4.
In 1994-1995 the I.B. A.J. Cavanilles awarded her at several
artistic and literary contests (in the fields of etching, poetry,
and fiction). In 1998 Carrasco was a finalist in the annual
Poetry Award at the Polytechnic University of Valencia.
A story about loss, time and changes, jealousy, the lies of adults,
the discovery of the world and the surprises that life keeps for a
kid
A beautiful book about love and fraternity, and the importance
of growing up
• Winner of the ix A la Orilla del Viento Picture Book Award
(Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2005)
Age: 5 +
Catalan edition available
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Juan Felizario Contento
[ Juan Felizario]
Angela Lago
1st. Edition, 2003
32 pages
34 x 23 cm (13.4 x 9.1 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9786071600653
T
his is the story of Juan Felizario Contento who inherited a
gold coin so bright that he traded it for a horse. The horse
was so fast that he traded it for a donkey… and so on until Juan
Felizario ends up with something much lighter. An adaptation
of the Grimm’s classic “Hans in luck” in a Brazilian setting.
Angela Lago was born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil in
1945. She writes and illustrates books for children. She has
exhibited her work and received awards in several countries
such as China, France, Slovakia, Japan and Brazil.
White Ravens Selection, 2004
Age: 5 +
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El niño con bigote
[The Boy with a Mustache]
Esteban Cabezas
Illustrated by Alejandra Acosta
[28] pp. 22 × 22 cm (8.6 × 8.6 in)
O
ne morning, Juan wakes up to discover that he’s grown a
thick mustache. At first he’s happy—he’ll be able to do
all the adult things he’s ever wanted to do. But he soon realizes
that he will also have to do things he doesn’t really like, things
that people with mustaches have to do, like work. He decides
to shave his mustache off and be a kid again. Yet, a big surprise
awaits in the mirror…
Esteban Cabezas (Santiago de Chile, 1965) studied
journalism at the Catholic University of Chile and is
currently editor of LA CAV magazine. He received a special
mention from the Norma-Fundalectura Prize for the Novel
in 2003.
Alejandra Acosta is a graphic designer who has served
as art director at Elle Chile and [Lat.33] for which she was
nominated for the Altazor Award in 2002. More recently she
has specialized in illustrating children’s books.
• Simple illustrations are charged with meaningful details
to aptly reinforce the humor of the text
Age: 5 +
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Julieta y su caja de colores
[ Julieta and her Paintbox]
Carlos Pellicer López
3rd ed., fce Mexico, 2000
32 pp.
24.5 x 30 cm (9.6 x 12 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9681641276
O
ne rainy night, Julieta decides to try out her watercolours
for the first time. She discovers that she can create on paper what she does not have in real life. This story explores the
relationship between the surrounding reality and the reality of
creative art.
Carlos Pellicer López is a writer and artist. His work
has appeared in anthologies published by U.S. publishers.
His picture book Julieta y su caja de colores, also published
by fce, received several awards, including the 1982 Promexa
Award, the 1983 Antoniorrobles Award, a Plaque in the
1985 Bratislava Biennial of Illustrations and the Ezra Jack
Keats Bronze Medallion in 1986. His picture book Juan y sus
zapatos also received the 1982 Promexa Award.
Age: 5 +
Korean rights sold
• With sincere and easily understood lessons in creativity, this is a
welcome addition to any children’s collection.
• Nuanced and resonant, this is the type of book that children
return to again and again.
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Siete millones de escarabajos
[Seven Million Beetles]
Agustín Comotto
1st edition, fce Mexico, 2001
32 pp.
20.5 x 24 cm. (8.3 × 11 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9789681663582
S
even million beetles may be a small number inside an enormous ark, but they will be always a determined and numerous family with great affection for each other.
Agustín Comotto was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in
1968. He migrated to Spain due to the dictatorship. There,
he began drawing, especially science fiction comics. When he
went back to Argentina, he worked for several graphic media
companies. He works as an illustrator for several publishing
houses.
• Winner of the XII A la Orilla del Viento Picture Book Award, 2000
• Special selection for the White Ravens Catalogue, 2002
Age: 5+
French rights sold
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La peor señora del mundo
• The #1 bestseller in the history of children’s books in
Mexico
[The Meanest Woman
in the World]
• The story is illustrated by Rafael Barajas, El Fisgón, one
of the best Mexican cartoonist
Francisco Hinojosa
Illustrated by Rafael Barajas, El Fisgón
2nd ed., Fce Mexico, 2010
48 pp.
15 x 19 cm (6 x 7.5 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9789681647056
I
n the north of Turambul lives the meanest woman in the
world. She punishes her children when they misbehave, but
also when they behave. Everybody in the neighborhood runs
away from her. But one day the villagers decide to do something
to put an end to her atrocities.
A humorous, acid, and cathartic tale on the limits of human
behavior and the strength of a community to resist an attempt
of an individual to impose herself upon them.
Francisco Hinojosa (Mexico City, 1954) studied
literature, and then started writing poetry, short stories, and
children’s books. In 1984 he won the IBBY Award for La vieja
que comía gente. Hinojosa is the most outstanding author of
children’s books in Mexico.
Rafael Barajas, El Fisgón, is a curator, muralist, painter,
researcher, writer, and journalist. He is also one of the bestknown political cartoonist in Mexico.
Age: 6 +
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Segundo acto
• ‘The colorful decorative paintings are well executed and
contrast so well with the blurred silhouettes…’
—Anthony Browne
[Second Act]
Marco Chamorro
[40] pp.
22 × 22 cm (8.6 × 8.6 in)
T
his album offers a theatrical performance in which a mysterious actor transforms himself into the backdrops of fantastic
landscapes. Images borrowed from musicals, dances, and theater
plays all invite readers to immerse themselves in a staging with
Van Gogh, Paul Klee and Gustav Klimt.
Marco Chamorro (Ecuador, 1975) received the Dario
Mayorga Guevara National Prize for Children’s Illustration in
2001 and 2005 and an Honorable Mention from unesco at the
xv Biennial of Illustration, in Noma, Japan in 2006.
Age: 6+
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Boda en Chimalistac
[Wedding in Chimalistac]
Elena Poniatowska
Illustrated by Oswaldo Hernández
32 pp.
20.5 × 27 cm (8.1 × 10.7 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9789681685638
T
he gardens of Chimalistac, a neighborhood in Mexico City,
witness the love between a Lime tree and a Jacaranda tree.
Unfortunately, the Jacaranda is in love with the Beech, and Lime
will have to overcome his dismay and find another way to conquer his loved one before he can accompany her up the aisle to
the altar. This story, narrated in a Custombrist style, brings the
best of Elena Poniatowska’s prose while its illustrations convey
the purest styles of Mexican folklore.
Elena Poniatowska was born in Paris in 1932. During
World War II, she fled with her mother to Mexico. A
journalist, chronicler, and author of fiction, she’s one of
the most prestigious writers in Mexico. The first woman
to have received the National Journalism Prize (1979), her
works include Hasta no verte Jesús mío (Mazatlán Literature
Prize) and La noche de Tlatelolco (Xavier Villaurrutia Prize,
rejected by the author in protest against Luis Echeverría, then
President of Mexico). fce has published her Obras reunidas
in two volumes.
Oswaldo Hernández was born in 1969 in Mexico City.
He studied at La Esmeralda School of Arts from 1988 to
1993, and has participated in 50 collective exhibitions in
Mexico, Finland, Spain, the United States, and France, and
has had six individual exhibitions. He received an award
during the First Biennial of Painting and Poetry organized
by the Autonomous University of Mexico (uam) in 1993. He
received the Young Creators scholarship from the National
Fund for Culture and the Arts in 1994.
Ages: 6 +
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Kassunguilà
[Kassunguilà]
Monique Zepeda
48 pp.
23 × 16 cm (9 × 6 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9789681686208
K
assunguilà is a small fish who lives at the bottom of the
ocean, sheltered by a parasol, until one day a terrible storm
tears him away from his peaceful existence and a journey begins to recover his inner peace and confidence. Here Zepeda
has given us a work of art, with illustrations created from wine
boxes, folk art stamps, tin figures, bells, and dozens of other
traditional Mexican objects. Kassunguilà is a metaphor on life
and growing up, with all the surprises and difficulties involved.
Monique Zepeda was born in Mexico City. She studied
Pedagogy at the National University of Mexico. She is a
psychologist from the Sorbonne, and has a masters degree in
childhood clinical psychology at the University of Morelos.
She is also the author of Marita no sabe dibujar, and El
cuaderno de Pancho.
• White Ravens Selection, 2009
Age: 6 +
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Jacinto y María José
[ Jacinto and María José]
Diego Sánchez, Dipacho
32 pp.
21 × 25 cm (8.2 × 9.9 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9786071600653
A
simple wordless story, which depicts one day in the life of
two children who like each other. This work, with realistic
artwork of poetic and exotic tone, takes young readers to an
atmosphere at once foreign and reassuring—a tour through the
process of falling in love, depicted delicately and appropriately
for the very young.
Diego Sánchez, Dipacho, was born in 1984 in Bogotá,
Colombia. He studied graphic design at the National
University of Colombia and works as an illustrator, especially
for children’s literature. He is a member of the evaluating
committee for children’s and youth literature of Fundalectura.
“Aesthetics, like form and colour, anchor the reader’s sojourn in a
sympathetic proposal with very beautiful impulses”
—Gabriel Pacheco
“A near magic candour emerges from the illustrations and evokes
Henri Rousseau’s oil paintings. The atmosphere of enchantment
inhabits the book and invites a re-reading, detailed observation,
and personal commentary.”
—Jorge Luján
• Winner of the XII A la Orilla del Viento Picture Book Award, 2008
Age: 6 +
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Camino a casa
“Every line works perfectly, saying what it has to say without
undue complication, easily capturing the atmosphere of the
situation”,
—Satoshi Kitamura
[On the Way Home]
Jairo Buitrago
Illustrated by Rafael Yockteng
“A charming story with a surprising, emotional ending… I believe
that the simplicity in the illustration style complements the story
fairly well”,
—Anthony Browne
32 pp.
23 × 23 cm (9 × 9 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9786071600073
A
picture book in which fantasy cloaks nostalgia in order
to address—with humor, imagination, and tenderness—
a difficult subject: absence. At first glance, this is a book in
which a little girl approaches an imaginary friend so that he’ll
accompany her walking home from school each day. However, a
more careful reading shows what this girl must face every day:
poverty, taking care of her little brother, household chores, and
absence —her imaginary lion, a symbol of strength and protection, helps her deal with this. The surprise ending gives the
story a plot twist, making it richer, and more emotional. The
wealth of interwoven images displays the Colombian social environment the girl has to cope with while the text, simple and
tender, reveals the protagonist’s inner world.
Jairo Buitrago has worked as a writer, researcher, and
editorial assistant. He has published two books for children
and many more about cinema, his area of specialization.
Rafael Yockteng won the ibby Utopia Award, geared
towards Latin American illustrators of children’s books, in
2000. Since then, he has illustrated several books for children
in Colombia and abroad.
• Winner of the IX A la Orilla del Viento Picture Book Award,
2007 (Fondo de Cultura Económica )
• Selected for Los Mejores Libros para Niños y Jóvenes 2010 by
the Banco del Libro, Venezuela
Ages: 6 +
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El pájaro y la princesa
[The Bird and the Princess]
Antonio Ventura
Illustrated by Teresa Novoa
1st. edition, fce Mexico, 2001
32 pp.
20.5 x 24 cm (8.3 × 11 in)
Los especiales de a la Orilla del Viento
Picture book
ISBN 9789681663582
E
very day, the princess of the tower takes a book; she peers
into its wordless pages and waits for the bird’s arrival. The
pages of the book, in which she collected her dreams, were dyed
with the colours of the forest and the indecipherable distant
sounds. How would she know that the murmur of the wind was
waiting in the pages of her book?
Antonio Ventura was born in Madrid in 1954, where
he has taught at various public centres since 1977. In 1993,
he was in charge of the Children’s Literature Division at the
Anaya Department of Educational Orientation and Research.
He was Director of the Sopa de Libros book series. In July
2001, he was appointed Director of Anaya Children’s and
Youth Division. He is also the founder of the children’s
literature magazine Babar. His published works include: No
todas las vacas son iguales, El tren, El pájaro y la princesa (fce,
2001), Osos de cuento, La mirada de Pablo, El mar de Darío, El
cuento del pingüino, and Berta sueña (fce, 2010).
Teresa Novoa was born in Madrid in 1955. She has
worked since 1990 as illustrator and occasionally writes her
own stories. As well as writing for some periodicals, she also
works on children books and text books for several publishing
houses.
Age: 6 +
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De cómo nació
la memoria de El Bosque
[How the Memory of the Forest
Became]
Rocío Martínez
32 pp.
21 × 27 cm (8.3 × 10.8 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9789681684518 (hardcover)
T
his is a story that reminds us of classic tales. It tells the life
story of a simple wooden table built by a woodcutter and
how it moved from house to house and master to master. At
the same time, the story speaks of the passage of time, love, life,
death, gratitude, and human potential. The illustrations weave
a rich tapestry of colours and shapes that are based on the text
but at the same time add depth to the story with their movement and colours, with amusing details for readers to discover.
Rocío Martínez was born in Madrid. She studied fine
arts, specializing in print-making. Since 1990, she has focused
on illustrating books for children and young people.
Her work has been shown at numerous solo and group
exhibitions, and she has earned the 1995 oepli-Ministry of
Culture Illustration Award for the Children’s Book Poster
of the Week, the Ministry of Culture Award for the best
book published in 1995, the 1999 Lazarillo Illustration
Award for Miguel y las palampatas, and the 2001 Lazarillo
Illustration Award for La gallina Catalina. Her books have
been published in Spain and Latin America.
• Winner of the X A la Orilla del Viento Picture Book Award,
2006
Age: 7 +
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Trapo y rata
[Rag and Rat]
le!
tit
Magdalena Armstrong Olea
32 pp.
21 × 15 cm (9 × 6 in)
T
his book centers on an unusual partnership—that of a
rat and a homeless man living in a barely visible garbage
dump around any corner of an average city. When the cats start
bullying the little rat by the garbage dump, these less-fortunate
fellows will have to develop new and witty methods to keep
them away.
Magdalena Armstrong Olea (Santiago de Chile, 1986)
studied Drama at the Finis Terrae University. Her passion
for drawing led her to the Francisco Olea y Alberto Montt
illustration workshop, her first trainers in the world of
drawing.
Winner of the 14th ‘A la Orilla del Viento’ Picture Book Award
Age: 7 +
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La Muerte pies ligeros
[Light-Footed Death]
Natalia Toledo
Illustrated by Francisco Toledo
56 pp.
21 x 27 cm (8.2 x 10.6 in)
Picture Book
ISBN 9681676718
T
old as a legend, La Muerte pies ligeros gives a humorous
explanation of how Death came to Earth. The idea for
this book came from some of Francisco Toledo’s engravings of
Death jumping rope with different animals, all from the region
of Tehuantepec, where the artist and his daughter were born.
The magnificent images of Francisco Toledo recreate the
atmosphere of popular stories and legends in a playful fashion
and turn the book into a valuable collectible for all those interested in the painter’s work.
Natalia Toledo was born in Juchitán, Oaxaca in 1967. She
is a bilingual poet (Zapotec-Spanish). Some of her published
titles are: Olivo negro; Flor de pantano; Mujeres de sol, mujeres
de oro, and Paraíso de fisuras.
Francisco Toledo was born in Juchitán, Oaxaca in
1940. Since 1959 his work has been exhibited in different
museums in Mexico, United States, South America, and
Europe. Recently he was awarded Right Livelihood Award
(Alternative Nobel Price) for his Commitment and Art for
the protection and preservation of the natural and cultural
environment in Oaxaca. He is the foremost Mexican painter.
Age: 7 +
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Ne
La bruja y el espantapájaros
le!
tit
[The Witch and the Scarecrow]
Gabriel Pacheco
44 pp.
30 × 24 cm (11.8 × 9.4 in)
A
group of witches fly at night on their broomsticks. Unfortunately, one of them is very
clumsy and always falls behind. A bird, who has witnessed all of the witch’s mishaps, decides to help her continue on her journey. He unties the threads that hold a scarecrow together
so that the witch can make a special broom with straw from the scarecrow’s body in the hopes
that she will ride it safely and without any more trouble.
Gabriel Pacheco (Mexico, 1973) has illustrated children’s books for many publishing
houses around the world. His style is widely recognised at international contests. In 2009
he was shortlisted in the New Horizons category, at the Bologna Fair for his book Hago de
voz un cuerpo, published by Fondo de Cultura Económica.
Age: 7+
Italian rights sold
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El cuento del pingüino
[The Penguin’s Tale]
Antonio Ventura
Illustrated by Carmen Segovia
32 pp.
19 × 26 cm (7.5 × 10.2 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9786071600042
T
his is a story within a story, a book that gives wings to the
reader’s imagination.
Carmen Segovia was born in Barcelona. She won the
second place in the iv International Children’s Picture Book
Award from the publishing house Anaya for Mitsu y Lala.
She has published Caperucita roja, El viaje secreto, and Cuentos
populares españoles. For Fondo de Cultura Económica she
illustrated the Spanish version of How the Bee Became, by Ted
Hughes.
• Special Mention in the x A la Orilla del Viento Picture Book
Award
Age: 8 +
French rights sold
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Fo
El cuaderno de las pesadillas
c
th
g
in
om
[The notebook
of nightmares]
Ricardo Chávez Castañeda
Illustrated by Israel Barrón
I
n this notebook, the young reader will find, along with suggestive and disturbing illustrations, all the stories that have
never been told, stories that don’t need to be written or spoken
in order to exist because they are terrifying tales that provoke
restlessness and doubts, which are reflected on the illustrations.
All these elements work together creating a double reading level
that challenges the sense of logic in the reader, going from a
state of wakefulness to that of sleep.
Ricardo Chávez Castañeda was born in Mexico City in
1961. He has written nearly thirty books, some of which have
received important awards such as the award for short story
San Luis Potosí, the award for novel José Rubén Romero, the
award for children’s literature or FILIJ Juan de la Cabada,
among others. FCE has also published Fernanda y los mundos
secretos, Las peregrinas del fuisoyseré and Severiana.
Israel Barrón was born in Pachuca, Hidalgo. He studied
painting in the School of Plastic Arts at the University of
Veracruz and he took part in an artistic residency training
program in Prokuplje, Serbia. He has participated in 20
individual exhibitions and 41 collective exhibitions, in
Mexico and abroad. He’s a professor of drawing and painting
workshops at the Institute for Culture in Veracruz.
Age: 13 +
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Cuando las panteras no eran negras
[When panthers weren’t black]
Fabio Morábito
Illustrated by Abraham Balcázar
A la Orilla del Viento
1st edition, 2010
104 pages
6 × 8 inches
Paperback
ISBN 9786071602039
I
n a primeval time, when hunting gave meaning to life, a young
panther loses her mother during an attack on a buffalo. Thus
begins a journey in search of identity, through which the panther will face all the challenges and dangers of life in the jungle.
Fabio Morábito was born in Egypt in 1955. He spent
his childhood in Milan and arrived to Mexico when he was
15 years old. He has written several poetry books, narrative,
essays, and books for children. He has been awarded with
acknowledgements such as the Prize Antonin Artaud (2006).
He is also a translator of novels, poetry and essays.
Age: 7+
Italian rights sold
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Berta sueña
[Berta dreams]
Antonio Ventura
Illustrated by: Juan Carlos Palomino
A la Orilla del Viento
1st edition, 2010
92 pages; illustrated
5.9 x 7.5 inches
Paperback
ISBN 978-607-16-0143-8
B
erta is a girl who lives with her parents, goes to school,
has one best friend and a boy whom she likes but who has
moved to another city. Berta relays in her story a piece of her
daily experience and all the unique feeling that surrounds and
it. Berta sueña evokes the full range of emotions, pleasant and
distressingly clear, of childhood while it approaches subjects like
friendship, relationships with family and the preoccupations of
childhood. A unique passage into a childhood world.
Antonio Ventura was born in Madrid in 1954, where
he has taught at various public centres since 1977. In 1993,
he was in charge of the Children’s Literature Division at the
Anaya Department of Educational Orientation and Research.
He was Director of the Sopa de Libros book series. In July
2001, he was appointed Director of Anaya Children’s and
Youth Division. He is also the founder of the children’s
literature magazine Babar. His published works include: No
todas las vacas son iguales, El tren, El pájaro y la princesa (fce,
2001), Osos de cuento, La mirada de Pablo, El mar de Darío, El
cuento del pingüino, and Berta sueña (fce, 2010).
Age: 8+
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El cristal con que se mira
[In the eye of the beholder]
le!
tit
Alicia Molina
Illustrated by Mercè López
216 pp.
E
milia, a girl with hearing problems, discovers that she can
lip-read thanks to her new eyeglasses. What first seems a
revelation will soon be the cause of a mess that will also affect Andrea. Through a butterfly effect, Andrea will search in
her past to figure out why the relationship with her family has
become so unbearable. Meanwhile, Diego will secretly follow
his father, whom he doesn’t know but intends to find out more
about him. These three stories interweave so that the characters
learn that every problem has a solution as long as they understand that everything depends on the eye of the beholder.
Alicia Molina is one of the first Mexican authors of books
for children. She studied communication and practiced
teaching and investigation in the educational field. For several
years, she was the editor of Ararú, a magazine for parents
with special needs.
Mercè López was born in Barcelona in 1979. She has
illustrated about twenty books and she is the author and
illustrator of two illustrated books published in France: Qui
es-tu?, shortlisted for the Baobab award, and L’enfant qui
mangeait des margouillats.
Age: 13 +
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Los espejos de Anaclara
[Anaclara’s Mirrors]
Mercedes Calvo
Illustrated by Fernando Vilela
1st ed., 2009
52 pp.
17.5 x 24.6 cm (6.9 x 9.7 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9786071600950
L
os espejos de Anaclara reflects, from the point of view of
childhood, the fantasy of a girl who watches the mirror and
imagines that her eyes are two doors through which she can
enter to discover what is locked up in this interior: dreams, fear,
pain, joy and longing. A book developed along the boundaries
between reality and fantasy and along the conduits by which
these two communicate.
Mercedes Calvo was born in Uruguay in 1949. She has
taught since 1971 and as a teacher she always had a special
love for poetic language, which led her to direct several
projects and publications on poetry for children. She wrote
many texts on the subject in specialized magazines for
teachers and in 1997 she started working in adult education.
Starting from 1999 she worked as proof-reader at the
Department of Publishing and Printing of the Council of
Elementary Education of Uruguay. Retired since 2006, she
now devotes her time to writing poetry for children.
Fernando Vilela was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1973.
He is a visual artist, author, illustrator and professor. He
studied his major in Fine Arts at the University of Campinas
and his masters degree in Arts at the University of São Paulo.
As a visual artist he works with several techniques such as
engraving, sculpture and installation. He has been awarded
locally and internationally. His book, Lampião e Lancelote,
was the winner of the Jabuti Award and the Bologna
Ragazzi Award in 2007. Fernando Vilela frequently exhibits
his artistic works and gives workshops and conferences
worldwide.
• Winer of the Hispano-American Poetry for Children Award, 2009
(Fondo de Cultura Económica, Fundación para las Letras Mexicanas)
Ages: 8 +
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Las aventuras de Max
y su ojo submarino
[The Adventures of Max
and His Underwater Eye]
Luigi Amara
Illustrated by Jonathan Farr
64 pp.
18 × 24 cm (7 × 9.5 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9789681684501
A
fter Max loses his right eye by accident, he finds out that
he can see things from two different points of view at the
same time. With his wandering eye, Max sees his school, night,
and his family in a new way. When his eye turns into a mutant
pearl and describes what it sees from the ocean bed, we see the
underwater world from a dazzling new perspective. These ingenious narrative poems express an instinctive sense of the fabulous and extraordinary humor as it demythologizes childhood.
Luigi Amara was born in Mexico City in 1971. He is a poet
and essayist, and has published several books of poems: El
decir de la mancha, El cazador de grietas, Pasmo and Envés. He
has also written a book of essays El peatón inmóvil. He was
awarded the 1998 Elías Nandino Young Poets Award and has
received grants from the Mexican Institute of Fine Arts and
the National Foundation for Culture and the Arts (FONCA).
He is also a member of the National Artists Registry. Las
aventuras de Max y su ojo submarino is his first book of poems
for children.
murals and creates stained glass windows for churches,
and has illustrated books for various publishers. He is the
illustrator of ¿Para qué usas la lengua? and Ripios y adivinanzas
del mar, and author of the Plip and Charly series, also
published by fce.
• Winner of the 2006 Hispano-American Poetry for Children Award
Age: 6 +
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Tigres de la otra noche
[Tigers of the Other Night]
María García Esperón
Illustrated by Alejandro Magallanes
40 pp.
18 × 24 cm (7 × 9.5 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9681682726
A
book about the power of imagination and play; about
growing and discovering the world, with its dangers and
its potential. The poems make multiple references to the tiger
as an archetype, and to other authors including Kipling, Borges,
Verne and Salgari.
María García Esperón is a teacher, science journalist and
writer. She has written scripts for the Instituto Mexicano de
la Radio, articles on painting, dance, music, theater and books
for the newspaper El Heraldo de México, and coauthored
articles for the periodicals El Perico Consentido and La Ciencia
Recreativa. She recently won the 2007 Norma-Fundalectura
Award for Children’s and Young Adult Books.
Alejandro Magallanes studied graphic design at the
ENAP (School of Art of th National University of mexico).
He has illustrated children’s books for Mexican and foreign
publishers, and has designed award-winning posters. He has
been a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale since
2004.
• Winner of the Hispano-American Poetry for Children Award, 2006
Age: 6 +
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Hago de voz un cuerpo
[Voices from the Body]
María Baranda (comp.)
Illustrated by Gabriel Pacheco
156 pp.
17 × 24 cm (6.7 × 9.5 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9789681684006
T
his wonderful picture book is all about the body: hands,
hair, nails, arms, the neck and more. Fifteen outstanding
Mexican poets have used their words to create an enchanting
series of metaphors of the body.
María Baranda is one of the most important poets of
her generation. In 1995 she was awarded the Efraín Huerta
National Poetry Award for her book Los memoriosos, the Villa
de Madrid International Poetry Award in 1998 for Moradas
imposibles and the Aguascalientes National Poetry Award for
her book Dylan y las ballenas in 2002. The fce published her
books Atlántica y el rústico in its Mexican Literature series in
2002, and Marte y las princesas voladoras in the A la Orilla del
Viento series, in 2006.
Gabriel Pacheco was born in Mexico City in 1973.
He studied Stage and Set Design at the National Institute
of Fine Arts. He won the Tenth Città de Chioggia
International Illustration Competition in Venice in 2004,
the first place in the Fourteenth Catalogue of Children’s and
Young Peoples’ Books Illustrators and the 2004 International
Picture Book Award. He has participated in exhibitions
in Mexico and Italy, and was included in the 2007 and
2008 catalogue of the Bologna Illustrators Exhibition. He
has illustrated books for the leading Spanish and Italian
publishing houses.
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New Horizons Mention RagazziBologna Award
Selected for 50 Books / 50 Covers, 2007 aiga, NY
The White Ravens, selection 2007
Quórum Design Award 2007
Age: 7 +
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Árbol de la vida
[Tree of life]
Marco Aurelio Chavezmaya
Illustrated by Manuel Monroy
1st edition, 2010; FCE-Fundación para las Letras Mexicanas
44 pp.
7 × 9.9 inches
Picture Book
ISBN 9786071604446
T
he poems included in this book are made entirely from
words that would be very familiar to a child, the poetic
expression in these works venture into the reprisal of a special
kind of poetry—one of primeval intimacy, and one that suggests
a direct bond between the natural world and the blossoming of
language.
Marco Aurelio Chavezmaya was born in Metepec,
Estado de México in 1960. He is a narrator, poet, editor and
cultural promoter. He has won the National Poetry Award
‘Gilberto Owen Estrada’ and the National Short Story Award
‘Gregorio Torres Quintero’. He represented Mexico in the
Mexican Week in Peru and in the XII Poetry Congress in
Bento Gonçalvez, Brazil.
Manuel Monroy was born in Mexico City in 1970. He
studied Graphic Communication Design and he has been
an illustrator since 1994. His work has been acknowledged
with the 1995 Quórum Award and the 2001 Noma
Encouragement Prize in Japan. He is also the author and
illustrator of the book Rabieta trebejos, published in this
collection.
• Winner of the 2009 Latin-American Children’s Poetry Award
Age: 7+
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r
Fo
Huellas de pájaros
c
th
g
in
om
[Birds’ footprints]
Ramón Iván Suárez Caamal
Illustrated by Mauricio Gómez Morin
1st edition, 2011; FCE-Fundación para las Letras Mexicanas
36 pp.
7 × 9.9 inches
Picture Book
ISBN 978-607-16-0582-5
C
omposed by shape poetry, this book shows the richness of
children’s imagery: games, dreams of the sea, the animals
that hide behind the thickness of the woods and convey their
voices through the poet’s words. Each poem represents the indelible footprint of a bird that left its trace in a child’s notebook
and each footprint is a drawing which comes to life revealing
both a visual and audible rhythm. This collection of poems
appeals to children’s watchful eyes, they will come back to the
book once and again to explore the curtains which rise in each
page and in this stage words are interwoven with harmony.
Ramón Iván Suárez Caamal was born in Campeche
in 1950. He studied at the Rural Normal School in
Hecelchakán and at the Mexican Superior Normal School,
with a major in Spanish Literature. Throughout his literary
career, he has won many prizes such as the National Poetry
Award ‘Jaime Sabines’. He promotes reading and is the author
of over twenty poetry and prose books, as well as several
textbooks such as Poesía en acción, Manual para talleres
literarios y Juguemos con el español.
Mauricio Gómez Morin was born in Mexico City. He
studied engraving and painting. Although he is a painter, he
prefers ‘minor arts’ such as street art, exhibition design and
illustration. He has illustrated a wide variety of children’s
books and has been a collaborator in the newspapers La
Jornada, Reforma and the magazine Letras Libres. He was
the art director of children’s books collections at Fondo de
Cultura Económica, where he has illustrated several books.
He was nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award
in 2007 for his work as an illustrator.
• Winner of the 2010 Latin-American Children’s Poetry Award
Age: 7+
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Cuento del Conejo y el Coyote
[The Tale of the Rabbit
and the Coyote]
Natalia Toledo
Illustrated by Francisco Toledo
48 pp.
28 × 19 cm (11 × 7.5 in)
Picture book
ISBN 9789681676681
A
classic story from Mexican oral tradition that tells why the
coyote always howls at the Moon, retold through the live
language of a Zapotec writer. Rabbit steals chili peppers from
a garden, and the farmer sets a trap to catch him. About to be
stewed, Rabbit sees Coyote who, while trying to help him, ends
up taking his place. Thus begins a chain of adventures in which
the clever rabbit mocks Coyote time and time again. Natalia
Toledo, currently one of the most active and important writers in the Mexican literary landscape, adapted this traditional
Zapotec story by translating it into Spanish. The visual quality makes this book not only a great literary work, but also a
collectible for all those who love Mexican visual arts.
Natalia Toledo was born in Juchitán, Oaxaca, in 1968.
She is a bilingual poet (Zapotec-Spanish). She studied at the
General Society of Mexican Writers School (sogem). She
has participated in many literary encounters, including the
First Encounter of Writers in Indigenous Languages MexicoCentral America, held by unesco, and the Continental
Encounter of Writers in Indigenous and Afro-Caribbean
Writers in Quintana Roo. She currently presides over the
Patronage of the Juchitán House of Culture.
Francisco Toledo, the foremost Mexican painter, is
from Oaxaca (1940). In 1957, he began his studies at the
Free Engraving Workshop of the National Institute of Fine
Artes (inba) School of Artisanship and Design in Mexico
City. His work has been presented since 1959 in museums in
Mexico, the United States, Europe, and Central and South
America. In 1989, he donated a collection of graphic work in
order to found the Graphic Arts Institute of Oaxaca. He lives
alternately in Oaxaca and Mexico City.
Age: 6 +
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r
Fo
Barba azul
c
th
g
in
om
[Bluebeard]
Charles Perrault
Illustrated by Cristoph Wischniowski
32 pp.
Picture book
BARBA
AZUL
5
B
efore setting out on a trip, Bluebeard gives his wife a bunch
of keys which opens all the doors of his castle, but he warns
her that under no circumstances she can get into a specific
room. But the young lady, overwhelmed with curiosity, gets into
the forbidden room and finds out the dead bodies of his prior
wives hanging on the walls, without knowing that Bluebeard
would come back in an unexpected way to find out her treachery, event that will unleash his rage and put her life in danger.
Charles Perrault was born Paris in 1628. He was an
autodidactic literature student. He was in charge of literary
and artistic politics of Louis XIV for many years. He wrote
46 works from which Histoires ou Contes du Temps passé is the
most known. He died in 1703.
Cristoph Wischnioswki was born in Germany
in 1974. He did oil and fresco painting restoration
before studying graphic arts. In 2002, he studied the Mexican
techniques of photogravure during his stay in the Academy
of San Carlos. Since that moment he has kept a close
relationship with Mexico, where he has developed his artistic
labor.
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El nombre del juego es Posada
[Posada
Is the Name of the Game]
Hugo Hiriart
Illustrated by Joel Rendón
48 pp.
20 × 27 cm (7.8 × 10.8 in)
Non Fiction
ISBN 9681673549
L
a Catrina is a train ride into the world of José Guadalupe
Posada, engraver and commentator on Mexican society in
the Revolutionary Era. In this story, disaster and tragedy mingle
with human characters like those Posada so often caricaturized; a doctor who turns his daughter’s suitor into a chicken,
the handsome son who mistreats his parents, the woman who
meets the Devil himself, and more. An ingenious and amusing
tale that introduces young readers to the imagination, the wit
and the engaging pictures by one of the greatest Mexican artists,
whose portrayal of the spirit of Mexico transcended the country’s borders. The book includes information about the history
of engraving in Mexico, the calaveritas and Posada’s games—the
coyote, the charro smugglers.
Hugo Hiriart is a writer and theater director. He
studied Philosophy at the National University of Mexico
and painting at La Esmeralda (Mexican National School
of Painting, Sculpture and Engraving). He won the Xavier
Villaurrutia Award and is a member of the National Artists
Registry.
Joel Rendón was born in Izúcar de Matamoros in the state
of Puebla in 1967. He studied Visual Arts at the Mexican
National School of Art. His work has been exhibited in
Mexico, Cuba, Argentina, Spain, North Africa and the
United States. In a series of short episodes called ‘Estampa al
Minuto’ produced by Mexico’s Cultural Channel 11, he taught
children about the principles and techniques of engraving.
Age: 8 +
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El vuelo de Eluán
Fernanda y los mundos secretos
[Eluan’s Flight]
[Fernanda and the Secret Worlds]
León Krauze
136 pp.
14 × 23 cm (5.5 × 9 in)
Fiction
ISBN 9681674618
136 pp.
14 × 23 cm (5.5 × 9 in)
Fiction
ISBN 9681670558
E
luán is a teenager of a winged race of people who are about
to begin their flight from a cave in the high mountains near
the Sea of the Dangralos. When Eluán’s cave becomes too small
for him, he must overcome his fears of throwing himself into
the void and flying. His journey will take a different path than
that of all the others, and he’ll fly, with the reader, into new and
fulfilling adventures.
León Krauze was born in Mexico. With multidisciplinary
interests in international affairs, he is also a promoter of
graphic media, and works on numerous publishing and video
projects through the publishing house Clío. He is also a
promising young novelist.
Age: 14 +
• An epic and fantastic novel about growth and
detachment.
• Provides a rich engaging narrative for adolescents and
young adults.
T
en stories about different ways to see, smell, feel and experience the world. One child can not go out in the sun,
another carries an ocean within, another lost a leg, another is
haunted by a ghost, another sees only half of everything. This
series of stories promote tolerance by helping the reader to understand others who are different.
Ricardo Chávez Castañeda was born in Mexico City
in 1961. He writes novels and short stories. He has won the
1994 Latin American Story Award, the 1987 Borges Short
Story Award, the 1994 Mexican National Novel Award,
the 1993 and 1994 Mexican National Young People’s Novel
Awards, the 1993 Mexican National Children’s Story Award
and the 1991 National Short Story Award. Along with
other writers including Jorge Volpi, Ignacio Padilla, Vicente
Rasti, he is part of the Crack movement, a Mexican literary
movement of the mid-1990s.
Age: 14 +
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Severiana
Severiana
1st ed., FCE-Mexico, 2010 172 pp.
14 × 23 cm (5.5 × 9 in)
Series: A Través del Espejo
ISBN 9786071602619 • paperback
C
hildren begin to disappear without any explanation and the
city becomes increasingly paralyzed. Schools and parks are
closed and public meetings are strictly forbidden. Fear and perplexity consume parents and teachers alike. The police seem incapable of action. A group of friends searching for clues discover
a secret door and, unaware, reveal a mystery involving hidden
worlds behind words, a utopian land called Severiana.
Ricardo Chávez Castañeda (Mexico City, 1961) is the
author of several novels and books of short stories. He won
the 1987 Borges Short Story Award, the Premio Nacional de
Novela Juvenil (1993 / 94) and the National Children’s Short
Story Award (1993).
Age: 13+
A story about the mysteries of language and their
implications in a world where imagination merges with
reality by means of the word
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