Rosa and the Secret of the Panti Flower - (Voices of the Americas) by Lola Walder (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

A magical story of a Peruvian girl named Rosa, who loved caring for baby alpacas high in the Andes mountains.

Rosa lived in Cuzco, a beautiful city with steep, cobbled streets, high up in the Andes mountains, almost touching the sky. She was a Peruvian girl, descended from the Incas, and she loved her city and its people. Her family had an alpaca farm, and every day after school Rosa helped her parents, making sure the alpacas had clean, fresh water to drink. One afternoon, on her way back from the spring, she found a newborn alpaca abandoned on the path, with not a single hair on its skin. She scooped it up in her arms and ran home to show her parents.

Rosa's father worried the little alpaca would never survive the cold without any wool, and said it would be best to sell it at the market. But Rosa begged to keep it, promising to care for it herself. It appears the mountains had been listening to her all along, and had a big surprise stored for her...

La mágica historia de una niña de Perú llamada Rosa, a la que le encantaba cuidar crías de alpaca en lo alto de los Andes.

Rosa vivía en Cuzco, una preciosa ciudad de calles empinadas y adoquinadas, en mitad de la cordillera de los Andes, casi tocando el cielo. Era una niña peruana, descendiente de los incas, y adoraba su ciudad y a su gente. Su familia tenía una granja de alpacas, y cada tarde, al salir de la escuela, Rosa ayudaba a sus padres, encargándose de que las alpacas tuvieran agua limpia y fresca para beber. Una tarde, al volver de la fuente, encontró una cría de alpaca abandonada en el camino, sin un solo pelo en la piel. La tomó en brazos y corrió a casa para enseñársela a sus padres.

El padre de Rosa temía que la pequeña alpaca no sobreviviera al frío sin lana, y dijo que sería mejor venderla en el mercado. Pero Rosa le suplicó que la dejara quedársela, prometiendo cuidarla ella misma. Al parecer, las montañas la habían estado escuchando todo el tiempo y tenían una gran sorpresa preparada para ella...

About the Author

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.