María José Ferrada

Everyday life mixes with the magical in this enchanting collection of poems. A tiny horse gallops across the table. The moon draws astronauts out into the park. Mountains move, fish fly, and the monster under the bed is surprisingly helpful. When You Were A Cloud is an invitation to look more closely at the world around us and to see nature and language in a new light. María José Ferrada’s poems are playful, speaking directly to the reader with no doubt that they are ready for these fantastical linguistic adventures. Winner of the 2018 Premio Hispanoamericano de Poesía para Niños.

Nioåriga M formar sitt universum utifrån pappans verksamhet som handelsresande i järnvaror. Utan den svårmodiga mammans vetskap får hon följa med på pappans säljrundor till närliggande städer i stället för att gå i skolan. När en vän får skjuts för att han, som han säger, ska fotografera spöken godtar hon det aningslöst. Men resorna får ett abrupt slut när den brutala verkligheten tränger sig på.

Ny roman af forfatteren til Kramp, chilenske FerradaRamón flytter ind i et billboard ved motorvejen. Derfra er udsigten storslået, stjerner foroven, billygter forneden og dragende bjerge i baggrunden. Men de tilbageværende beboere i blokken er foruroligede: Hvad er det med, Ramón? Hvorfor? Og samtidig er der ballade med de husvilde nede ved kanalen. Hvad vil de her? De skal væk! Prisbelønnede María José Ferrada har igen skrevet en bog, der langsomt kryber under huden på sin læser og vækker uro, undren og eftertanke.12-årige Miguel er fascineret af sin onkels usædvanlige boform, men kvarteret summer af sladder om, at Ramón er gal og bringer skam over samfundet. María José Ferrada (f. 1977 i Temuco, Chile) er journalist og forfatter. Hun har skrevet en række prisbelønnede børnebøger og fik sin voksenlitterære debut i 2017 med romanen Kramp (da. 2020), der modtog den chilenske kritikerpris, det chilenske kulturministeriums pris og Premio Municipal de Literatura de Santiago – det er uden fortilfælde, at de tre priser er tildelt samme roman. Manden i billboardet har modtaget Prêmio do Círculo de Críticos de Arte de Chile, og Ferrada er fortsat på listen over de ti kvindelige chilenske forfattere, alle bør kende.

Every morning, Ms. Marta goes out to check that the world is how it should be: her friends sitting on a terrace playing cards, the beach where it always is, children playing in the playground. With illustrations full of color and colorful characters, My Neighborhood, shows the reader the world through the eyes of elderly Ms. Marta and demonstrates the wonder of diversity that surrounds us throughout our lives. The poignant message is balanced with simple text and detail-rich, illustrations full of comical visual surprises. The artwork combines watercolors, and photo-transfer collage, for a fun medley of people and faces in the neighborhood--visiting the school, beach, hair salon, clinic, and more. My Neighborhood is a celebration of community that highlights the beauty of its everyday rhythms and routines, as well as offering a heartwarming meditation on what it means to grow old when surrounded by loving friends and neighbors. About the PublisherTapioca Stories, a New York-based publishing house with Latin American soul, introduces young English readers to the finest Latin American children's books, originally written in Spanish and Portuguese.

Fish dream of becoming Olympic swimmers... Olympic swimmers dream that they're fish. It's a very unlikely dream. Swimmers uses humor and poetry to show the reader how a page can be a deep, blue sea or an Olympic swimming pool and blurs the line between what is and isn't possible. Filled with quirky text and amusing illustrations of sturgeons in swimwear and tuna taking the gold, Swimmers merges the worlds of fish and people in this English-language translation of an entirely original book. About the PublisherTapioca Stories, a New York-based publishing house with Latin American soul, introduces young English readers to the finest Latin American children's books, originally written in Spanish and Portuguese.

For seven-year-old M, the world is guided by a firm set of principles, based on her father D's life as a traveling salesman. Enchanted by her father's trade, M convinces him to take her along on his routes, selling hardware supplies against the backdrop of Pinochet-era Chile. As father and daughter trek from town to town in their old Renault, M's memories and thoughts become tied to a language of rural commerce, philosophy, the cosmos, hardware products, and ghosts. M, in her innocence, barely notices the rising tensions and precarious nature of their work until she and her father connect with an enigmatic photographer, E, whose presence threatens to upend the unusual life they've created. Mar a Jos Ferrada expertly captures a vanishing way of life and a father-daughter relationship on the brink of irreversible change. At once nostalgic, dangerous, sharply funny, and full of delight and wonder, How to Order the Universe is a richly imaginative debut and a rare work of magic and originality.

***THREE STARRED REVIEWS*** A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Books of the Year selection A USBBY Outstanding International Book A moving, poetic story of the four hundred "children of Morelia" who escaped Spanish Civil War violence by fleeing to Mexico. On May 27, 1937, over four hundred children sailed for Morelia, Mexico, fleeing the violence of the Spanish Civil War. Home was no longer safe, and Mexico was welcoming refugees by the thousands. So each child packed a suitcase and boarded the Mexique, expecting to return home in a few months. This was just a short trip, an extra-long summer vacation, they thought. But the war did not end in a few months, and the children stayed in Mexico, waiting and wondering. When the war finally ended, a dictator--the Fascist Francisco Franco--ruled Spain, and home was even more dangerous than before. This affecting book invites readers onto the Mexique with the "children of Morelia," many of whom never returned to Spain during Franco's almost forty-year regime. Poetically told, Mexique opens important conversations about hope, resilience, and the lives of displaced people. Translated from Spanish by Lawrence Schimel. Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Books of the Year Malka Penn Award Honor Book National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Notable Poetry List United States Board of Books for Young People (USBBY) Outstanding International Books List

Introduce budding scientists to a fun STEM topic — birds and their feathers! This interactive board book features riddles about different birds, and images that transform as you turn the page to reveal the answer. Includes fact-packed educational notes about birds, feathers and what we can learn from them.

”Overordentlig stilsikker og skarp debut … En stærk og urovækkende roman” Jyllands-Posten ”Frygtelig klogt og isnende syleskarpt, og jeg anbefaler denne lille, hurtigt læste roman på det allervarmeste” Bogblogger.dk 7-årige M. er indehaver af et talent, der gør hende til et indbringende aktiv som kompagnon for sin far, omrejsende sælger af isenkram. Snart efterspørger andre sælgere M.s service. I den skinnende Renault på de støvede, chilenske landeveje forsøger M. at forstå verdens indretning ved hjælp af varerne, der sælges, fra fukssvanse til øjenskygger. Undervejs samler de en ny rejsefælle op, som forsøger at tage billeder af landets spøgelser. María José Ferradas debutroman Kramp er en stramt komponeret litterær (salgs)rejse gennem et døende erhverv, en hastigt svindende barndom og et arret Chile; præmieret med den chilenske kritikerpris, det chilenske kulturministeriums pris samt Premio Municipal de Literatura de Santiago. Det er aldrig tidligere sket, at disse tre priser er tildelt samme roman.