La Cometa de Los Sueños (the Kite of Dreams) - by Pilar López Ávila & Paula Merlán (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Mohesiäw'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."--Provided by publisher.

Book Synopsis

A kite trip that will take us around the world to meet the hopes and dreams of children around the world, from Bolivia to Nepal.

If something is capable of bringing the children of the world together, that is the ability to dream and imagine a better world. Every single one of us has with them a kite of dreams, a flying kite sheltering our hopes and dreams. Through this kite trip, we will meet Mohesiwä, a boy who lives in the jungle, Amunet, who can't stop but smiling when imagining a better future, Anja and his brother Tuvo, who rummage through the garbage to find something of value...

The Kite of Dreams is an invitation to discover the different cultures of the world and to dream of a better world. A world with unpolluted air, where every child has access to education, a world with clean and uncontaminated waters, where biodiversity is preserved and forests are conserved. And more importantly, a world in which each child can be happy and reach out to those who need it.

Un viaje en cometa que nos llevará por todo el mundo a conocer los sueños de los niños, desde Bolivia hasta Nepal.

Si algo es capaz de unir a todos los niños de mundo es la capacidad de soñar y de imaginar un mundo mejor. La cometa de los sueños es una cometa que cada uno de nosotros tiene consigo, y en ella se encuentran nuestros deseos y sueños. A través de este viaje en cometa, conoceremos a Mohesiwä, que vive en la selva, a Amunet, que sonríe al imaginarse un futuro mejor, a Anja y su hermano Tuvo, que rebuscan entre la basura para encontrar algo de valor...

La cometa de los sueños nos invita a conocer las diferentes culturas del mundo y soñar con un mundo mejor. Un mundo con un aire limpio y fresco, donde cada niño tenga acceso a la educación, un mundo con aguas limpias y no contaminadas, donde se preserve la biodiversidad y se conserven nuestros bosques. Y más importante todavía, un mundo en el que cada niño pueda ser feliz y tender la mano al que lo necesita.

Review Quotes

"The Kite of Dreams represents children's capacity for "hope," "love," and "joy," no matter what hardships they face." --Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

María del Pilar López Ávila (Cartagena, Spain 1969) is an award-winning writer of children's 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 Cáceres. She is married and the mother of 3 children. She is also the director of the Teatro Paraíso. In December 2010, she was awarded third position in the Joaquín Sama"Awards 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 Merlán (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).