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      • General fiction (Children's/YA)
        July 2019

        Antonia va al río

        by Diego Sanchez

        The girl and Antonia have to go, and so does their family. But not just theirs, others’ families have to part. ¿Why? Something has happened, is not explicit in the book, but is clear they all have to leave. The kids have their pets and the adults all what they need to navigate, get across the jungle and find a new home. But as it’s usual in such contexts, when one has to migrate, one loses and one gain; and this is what this book is about. Dipacho uses his brush, his colors, and his narrative to offer a story lived by many but very little known in the flesh.

      • Animal stories (Children's/YA)
        March 2017

        Cuando el mundo era así

        by Triunfo Arciniegas / Álvaro Sánchez

        When the wolrd was like that compiles several stories about picaresque characters from Latin-American oral tradition, and some others from the author’s own imagination, who explores the idea of a world only inhabited by hungry animals. Thus, through the humor, wit, and naughtiness of Arciniegas’ pen, the reader will find some sui generis situations in which Uncle Rabbit, Uncle Tiger, Uncle Coyote, and Uncle Fox, among others, will be up to their old tricks.

      • Picture books
        April 2018

        Cuando los peces se fueron volando

        by Sara Bertrand / Francisco Javier Olea

        When the fish went off flying is a story that explores, through a subtle language and powerful images, the pain of loss. Among the clouds and the mountains, and their whiteness, the boy from this tale will first lose his father, then his dog, and finally his brother. The images that these departures leave will conform a story in which nothing is a surplus; each sentence and each illustration guide the reader without drama. This is a precise and overwhelming work, in which the literary and graphic quality manifests from page one.

      • Poetry (Children's/YA)
        September 2018

        El pollo Chiras

        by Víctor Eduardo Caro / Rafael Yockteng

        Chiras the chiken is a poem, written in the 1930’s by Víctor Eduardo Caro have been recited by many generations of Colombian kids, but is never been published as a picture book. It narrates the story of a chicken that is about to be slaughter in a farm, but with some wit, humor, and his prodigious peak, the chicken gets to see one more day. This hilarious plot is matched by Rafael Yockteng’s images, which tells another story and gives Chiras a whole new personality.

      • Poetry (Children's/YA)
        July 2017

        El príncipe moro y el pescadito de oro

        by Fernando Paz-Castillo / Jesús Cisneros

        A Moorish prince have lost his kingdom and gets the chance to regain it thanks to a good fairy who protects him and a little golden fish. But, since he doesn’t follow the fairy’s advice and get seduced by a bad fairy, he loses his kingdom for the second time. The moorish prince and the little golden fish was first published in 1978 and instantly became a new classic all over Latin- America, Cataplum has made this new edition with very little changes in the text but a whole new and interesting proposal from the images.

      • Picture books
        March 2020

        El zorro Chuleta

        by Sol Undurraga

        Chuleta, the fox, narrates the adventures of a fox in his attempt to reach the place where everyone with the same tastes is found: the Valley of Vegetarians. Chuleta’s search is neither simple nor laborious, it also involves a lot of reflection. He thinks, searches for ideas, and tries different alternatives but none of them convinces him. Until the ideal plan shows up, the one that would not fail. At that moment he takes the chance to get closer. The rest is the end of the book, which we will not reveal here. This album, for children of all ages, offers the reader various approaches from the image, various perspectives, images worked in crayon, where colors make a difference and show us their infinite possibilities. It is a book that takes us to a place where many of us, at times, want to be.

      • Picture books
        March 2019

        La gallina y el monstruo

        by Triunfo Arciniegas / Mariana Ruiz Johnson

        With a simple and direct language, and lots of humor, Mama hen and the monster. This beautiful book recreates Andersen’s “The Ugly Dukling”. It has been meant for early readers and narrates the story of six ducklings that find a monster in the woods and run to Mama Hen for protection. But when the mother finds the alleged ogre, it is just another duckling covered in mud, hungry and abandoned in the woods. On the other hand, the illustrations in this endearing tale shows another narrative layers that the words do not tell.

      • Animal stories (Children's/YA)
        October 2017

        León y ratón

        by Jairo Buitrago / Rafael Yockteng

        Jairo Buitrago and Rafael Yockteng, two of the most celebrated authors of picture books in Latin-America, brought us Lion and mouse a new version of this classic tale of an improbable friendship. Lion is a big, beautiful beast, while Mouse is a little and cranky rodent. First, they will hate each other but, in time, they will become the best pals, not because they make each other lots of favors… After all, that’s not what friendship is about, ¿is it?

      • Art: general interest (Children's/YA)
        October 2019

        Tan tan

        by Paula Ortiz

        TAN TAN presents the letters of the alphabet through onomatopoeias, or the vocal imitation of sounds associated to things and actions. This book pretends to join early readers and everyday poetry together. Learning the letters and their possible combinations is an intimate and slowly process, and with such spirit we have made this book; in which it was used different techniques, such as pencil drawing, serigraphy and embroidery.

      • Poetry (Children's/YA)
        October 2016

        Adiós

        by Candelario Obeso / Juan Camilo Mayorga

        Good-Bye is a poem that recreates the joy of a character from the coast who, after being away from his home, is preparing himself to return. The poet compares all those things he loves about his land (specially the sea, a clear leit motiv in the poem) with those he finds in the Andean city in which he is currently living. This text, full of music and cadence, is accompanied by nostalgic and somehow surreal images that, parallel to the poem, suggest another story, another reading.

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