Description
Winner of the 2023 Independent Publisher Books Award and awarded at the 2023 Cuatro Gatos Foundation Awards
With a Butterfly's Wings is a tender story about a girl who loses her beloved grandmother and finds comfort in remembering her through what she learned from her.
It was my grandmother who taught me to listen to the song of the birds. Throw her eyes I learned to contemplate those little birds and to perceive what made them so special. Together we heard the blackbird sing among the rumble of the city that was slowly awakening, trying to guess where the bird was. Grandma was my best teacher: she taught me all the secrets of nature, the magic of flowers, the spirit of monarch butterflies. For this reason, even if she is now gone, she will live in me through the song of nature.
About the Author
Maria del Pilar Lopez Avila (Cartagena, Spain 1969) is an award-winning writer of children's stories. Her passion for children's literature began when she was very young, and at the age of nine, she was already writing children's stories. In December 2010, she was awarded the third position in the Joaquin Sama Awards for Educational Innovation in the category "A More Civic and Caring Cchool," for the project entitled, "Use of Waste Materials." She has published Ayobami and the Names of Animals (2017), winner of the International Latino Book Awards in 2018, and The Kite of Dreams (2019) with Cuento de Luz. Avila is married and the mother of 3 children. She has a Ph.D. in Veterinary Medicine, currently working as a Biology and Geology teacher at a high school in Caceres. She is also the director of the Teatro Paraiso. Zuzanna Celej is an award-winning illustrator. She has a BA Honors in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona and majored in Illustration at the Llotja Art School in Barcelona. She specializes in illustration, fine art photography, and printmaking. Her work has been exhibited in Spain, France, England, Italy, Poland, and the United States. Celej is currently dedicated to the publishing world with more than 50 titles inside and outside the country. She has been recognized with national and international awards, including the New York City Big Book Award for Best Illustrated Album, The Map of Good Memories (Cuento de Luz, 2016). She combines illustration projects with teaching Plastic Arts in several cultural venues and in his own studio, as well as running workshops in Art Schools Masters.
Reviews
"The Polish artist Zuzanna Celej captivates us with her unique sensitivity and exquisite taste. (...) Essential." -Canal Lector
Book Information
ISBN 9788418302596
Author Pilar Lopez Avila
Format Hardback
Page Count 28
Imprint Cuento de Luz SL
Publisher Cuento de Luz SL
Weight(grams) 500g
