JORGE LUJÁN is an author, poet and musician. His body of work,
translated into eighteen languages, includes Stephen
and the Beetle, illustrated by Chiara Carrer; Doggy
Slippers and Numeralia, illustrated by Isol; Colors!
¡Colores!, illustrated by Piet Grobler; and Moví la mano / I
Moved My Hand, illustrated by Mandana Sadat. He has won the Premio
de Poesía para Niños de ALIJA, and has been nominated for the
2024 Hans Christian Andersen Award and nominated eight
times for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. He lives in
Mexico.
MANDANA SADAT is an award-winning author and illustrator of
children’s books who lives near Paris. She has a diploma in
illustration from L’École supérieure des arts décoratifs de
Strasbourg and has published many books in Europe, Asia, North
America and South America, including Mon lion (Prix France
Télévisions) and Tarde de invierno (Premio CANIEM). She has
exhibited her art in New York and Italy, including three times at
the Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
ELISA AMADO is a Guatemalan-born author and translator. She has
written My Friend (Mi amiga), illustrated by Alfonso Ruano; Un
Barrilete para el Día de los Muertos / Barrilete: A Kite for the
Day of the Dead; Cousins (Primas), illustrated by Luis Garay; and
Tricycle (El triciclo), illustrated by Alfonso Ruano, which is on
the Américas Award Commended List and is a USBBY Outstanding
International Book. She lives in Toronto.
The girl's creativity and imagination aren’t merely flights of
fancy, but forces with legitimate power.
*Publishers Weekly*
A tutu-clad child encounters existentialism through movement in
this poem by award-winning Argentine poet Lujan.
*Kirkus Reviews*
A simple but profound picture book about the power a child has to
create her own special world through movement, imagination, and
magic.
*CM Magazine*
The girl’s giddy logic rings true; the marvelous use of color and
expert pacing propel the dance. Sure to inspire fresh flights of
fancy!
*School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW*
A dreamy paean to creative expression.
*Booklist*
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