ZAIRA Y LOS DELFINES

Winner at the 2012 Living Now Book Awards. Imagination flies free in this fun, entertaining, and sleepy time picture book for young, creative kids seeing the world in ways most of us cannot even imagine.

Zaira is a little girl who can’t stop imagining. She sees the world with such vivid colors, dreamlike shapes, that everyone fins it difficult to believe her. Her imagination soon leads her to meet some very special friends ―in a fountain, right in the middle of the town square, she sees a group of dolphins playing in the water.

Everyday she goes by the fountain to say hi, but one day the dolphins weren’t there. To her distress, the fountain was empty. “You are so dreamy, Zaira. Dolphins doesn’t exist”, said some children who were playing by the fountain. At that very instant, a magic fairy appeared and rescued Zaira, bringing her the hopes and dreams she’d lost.

Ganador de los Living Now Book Awards en 2012. La imaginación vuela libremente en este libro ilustrado divertido, entretenido y soñador para esos niños pequeños y creativos que ven el mundo de formas que la mayoría de nosotros ni siquiera podríamos imaginar.

Zaira es una niña que no puede dejar de imaginar. Ve el mundo con colores tan vivos, con formas de ensueño, que a todo el mundo le cuesta creerla. Su imaginación pronto la lleva a conocer a unos amigos muy especiales: en una fuente, en medio de la plaza del pueblo, ve un grupo de delfines jugando en el agua.

Todos los días pasa junto a la fuente a saludarlos, pero un día los delfines no están allí. Zaira, disgustada, se encontró que la fuente estaba vacía. «Eres tan soñadora, Zaira. Los delfines no existen», dijeron unos niños que jugaban junto a la fuente. En ese mismo instante, un hada mágica apareció y rescató a Zaira, llevándole las esperanzas y los sueños que había perdido.

Mar Pavón (Manresa, Spain, 1968) is a writer mainly dedicated to children's literature. Some of her extensive work is translated into English, French, Portuguese, Italian, German, Dutch, Chinese and Korean, among other languages.

She has been honored with prestigious awards in the US, some of which were presented by the International Latino Book Awards. Her most significant work is Yeray Poeta, published following the birth of her son in 1996. Her most popular character is “Clucky the Hen”, created in collaboration with the illustrator Mónica Carretero, winner of several awards and recognitions.

Cha Coco, born and living in China, is an award-winning illustrator and has published several children picture books.