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by Luis Amavisca (Author), Francesc Rovira (Illustrator)
Everything went dark. Without electricity, cell phones or televisions, candles illuminated the lives of Paula, her dog Luna and her neighbors for a few hours.
What would you do without TV, cell phones, tablets...? Paula and her neighbors found out the day of the blackout. When all the power goes out in the city, Paula initially feels scared and her dad can't get any work done. But what starts off as an inconvenience, turns into a magical evening of play, sharing and solidarity.A story that celebrates digital disconnection and the moments of empathy, creativity, and community experienced during the blackout in Spain.
Author Biography
Luis Amavisca is a well-known visual artist and children´s writer in Spain. He has worked and written about equality, solidarity, environment and non-violence. His Bang Bang I Hurt the Moon, was runner-up for the Most Inspirational Children's Picture Book in the International Latino Book Awards.
He is the author, along with Alicia Acosta, of two highly successful co-education books: I Love My Colorful Nails and Benji's Doll.
Francesc Rovira began his professional career in 1982, illustrating what would become his first book. Since then he has dedicated himself professionally to the world of illustration, primarily for children and young people, creating drawings for magazines, textbooks, and stories for various publishers.
In addition to his work as an illustrator, with more than four hundred books published and translated into several languages, he contributes to all types of publications and holds regular exhibitions, both collective and solo, of published and unpublished works.
