Juanita: La Niña Que Contaba Estrellas (the Girl Who Counted the Stars)
by Lola Walder (Author) Martina Peluso (Illustrator)
La mágica historia de una niña de Guatemala a la que le encantaba cocinar tortitas de maíz y contar estrellas cada noche.
Juanita vivía en Santa Catarina Palopó, un pueblito encantador junto a un hermoso lago, rodeado por tres enormes volcanes. Para ella era el mejor lugar del mundo donde vivía la gente más buena. Las mujeres ayudaban a sus familias tejiendo huipiles de seda, lana e hilo de algodón, mientras los hombres trabajaban la tierra. Juanita quería ser de ayuda, y por eso siempre cocinaba para su familia su plato favorito: tortitas de maíz. Por la noche, cuando el sol se marchaba para abrir paso a la luna, Juanita corría escaleras arriba hacia el ático para su rutina nocturna: contar estrellas. El cielo estaba tan despejado que casi podía tocarlo.
Pero un día, la mamá de Juanita se puso muy enferma y no podía trabajar en su telar. Juanita quería ayudar pero no sabía cómo. Al parecer, el cielo la había estado escuchando todo el tiempo y tenía una gran sorpresa preparada para ella...
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"Scent of a traditional tale and a narrative steeped in the climate and nature of that country, edited by Cuento de Luz with elegance and maximum respect for the environment, as always, faithful to stone paper with Cradle to Cradle certificate (a commitment that deserves all the praise and that Cuento de Luz maintains book after book)." —Canal Lector
"This story transits between the wonderful read-aloud stories by the heat of the fire and the simplicity of a story about girls and overcoming. A very detailed text combined with lush illustrations, respecting sustainability. It is published respecting all the environmental norms, and the stone paper used is Cradle to Cradle Certified(R)." —Culturamas
Lola Walder was born and raised in Seville, but Madrid is where she belongs. She studied Cinematographic Script from ECAM, and a Master in Creative Writing (Escuela de Letras de Madrid), and felt driven by a curious and restless spirit which gradually forged her two true passions: Literature and Cinema. In the last ten years she has collaborated in several media: radio, television, and press. She currently works as a film contributor for Vanity Fair magazine and is immersed in the creation of her second novel.
Martina Peluso is an Italian award-winning illustrator born in Naples in 1980, where she currently lives and works. She has studied printing art at the Institute of Art in Naples and she has frequented courses of illustration at Sarmede and Pavia. Her picture book T-shirts aren't Napkins (Cuento de Luz, 2019) received Honorable mention in the 2019 International Latino Book Awards.
JUV050000 - Juvenile Fiction | Cooking & Food
JUV030040 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Caribbean & Latin America
JUV012070 - Juvenile Fiction | Legends, Myths, Fables | Caribbean & Latin American
JUV074000 - Juvenile Fiction | Diversity & Multicultural
