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by Roberto Aliaga (Author), Mar Blanco (Illustrator)
Gold Medal at the 2014 International Latino Book Awards. A beautiful, heartening ode to friendship and to all of those whose solidarity and tenderness make our world a better place.
My friend Dorothy is very, very big. Plus, she always drops crumbs when she eats, and birds often land on her head without her realizing it. Those are some of the reasons why the others don't accept her and even ask me not to be friends with someone who is so different--as if being different were a bad thing! You know something? I don't just think she's wonderful... she's my best friend, too. To the naked eye, we couldn't be more different, but the truth is we have a great time when we're together.
A fun pitch-perfect tale about the special people we all know, the ones who need us the most, and who bring so much joy to our daily lives.
Medalla de Oro en los International Latino Book Awards en 2014. Un canto a la amistad y a la valentía de todos aquellos que, gracias a su solidaridad y ternura, hacen de nuestro mundo un lugar mejor en el que vivir.
Mi amiga Dorothy es muy, muy grande; siempre deja caer miguitas cuando come y muchas veces se le posan pájaros en la cabeza sin que ella se dé cuenta. Por estas y otras razones, las demás no la aceptan e incluso me piden que no me junte con una amiga tan diferente. Como si ser diferente fuera algo malo! Para mí ella no es solo maravillosa... también es mi mejor amiga. A simple vista no nos parecemos en nada, pero nos lo pasamos en grande cuando estamos juntas.
Un cuento divertido y entrañable que nos desvela la riqueza que suponen esas personas especiales que todos tenemos a nuestro alrededor, aquellas que más nos necesitan y que tantas alegrías nos pueden aportar en nuestro día a día.
Author Biography
The award-winning author Roberto Aliaga was born in Spain in 1976. He's a biologist and writer of children's literature. More than 50 of his books are published and translated into 16 languages. Aliaga has won 8 literary awards, among which are the International Latino Book Awards he won in 2014 with Dorothy (Cuento de luz, 2014) and in 2016 with The Little Golden Key (Cuento de luz, 2016).
Mar Blanco is a freelance illustrator based in Madrid, Spain. In 2010 she finished her bachelor's degree in Fine Arts in Valencia and moved to Madrid to study Artistic Direction. During her short professional trajectory she has worked with children's publishers (Dorothy - a different kind of friend and Ignacio's Laugh by Cuento de Luz) as well as for publishers of fiction literature. Some of her recognitions include the Bancaja Award for Best Career Project (2009, her recognition as young talent for the Caja Murcia Foundation (2010). Her last public exhibit was in Ilustrísima 2014 at the ABC Museum of Madrid.
