Gold Medal at the 2015 Independent Publisher Book Awards. A tender story based on Greek mythology that will help us face death and loss.
Irene and her dog Lucy were inseparable. But one day, everything changed… When Irene arrived home from school, she couldn’t find her friend anywhere. She asked where Lucy was, and her mom told her that Lucy had run off in the park.
When George went to riding class and didn’t find his horse, Paddy, he got worried. ‘Paddy’s up in the clouds”, they told him. George couldn’t understand how a little horse could jump that high, but he decided he had to get everything ready for whenever he came back.
During the long, dark nights, Molly would be woken by nightmares every time she dozed off to sleep. She longed so much for Gus, her gray rabbit…
Tango was a happy little goldfinch who loved to sing his songs from the windowsill. One day, Danny went to buy some bread, but when he came back, the house was silent. He asked his grandpa what was wrong, and he told Danny that Tango had gone on a long, long journey…
Four stories that address the loss and absence of a loved one. A picture book that will help many parents and grandparents to explain in a simple and beautiful way the complex issue of the loss of a loved one forever.
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The award-winning author Marta Sanmamed is a plastic artist, writer, and cartoonist from Madrid and has exhibited not only in Spain but also in the US and Europe, and her work is part of prominent Museums and Private Collections. For over a decade, she has been committed to Residualism to ‘create from waste without generating more waste’ and within this movement are vertical Giardinos, woven from reused plastic bags. She firmly believes that Residualistic Art is the reflection of the human awakening towards a conscious, compassionate, understanding, honest, grateful, and respectful way of life with nature and tries to dignify creativity aimed at the preservation of our ecosystem. Her book Cyparissus (Cuento de Luz, 2015) has been translated into more than five languages and has been awarded by the prestigious IPPY AWARDS, Living Now Books Awards, and the International Latino Book Awards.
Sonja Wimmer loves painting pictures and telling stories. After studying and working for some years as a graphic designer in her hometown of Munich and Brussels, she decided to pack her suitcase and move to Barcelona to study Illustration at the Llotja Arts and Crafts School. Since then, she lives between brushes and stories, working as an illustrator and freelance for publishers and other customers worldwide. She has received many awards for her work in the United States, most notably Gold Medal for Best Illustrator for The Word Collector.
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