author/illustrator: Sandra Siemens, Mariana Alcántara
ages: 3+
40 pages
19 x 27 cm
Hardback
Spanish
Lecturita
Astronauts
Space stations, stardust, new friendships, journeys, farewells, and encounters that remind us that all of us living under the same sky have more in common than we ever imagined.
"Nobody wants to play with Gregorio because he is quite annoying. And because he only talks about things that interest him. Gregorio says he’s an astronaut and talks about astronaut things."
When the girl in this story first met Gregorio, she found him quite unbearable... All he talked about was what he was interested in: space and planets. Little by little an unexpected and unforgettable friendship arises between them, full of space stations, stardust, trips, farewells and meetings under the same sky.We don't always make friends with the people we expect (or want). Narrated from a child's point of view, this story shows us how, however different we may be, we have more coincidences than we suspect.
THE ILLUSTRATOR
Mariana Alcántara studied Industrial Design at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and specialized in illustration at the Academy of San Carlos. Her work has been winner and selected in several illustration contests in United Arab Emirates, Shanghai, Mexico, Spain, Corea, Italy and London: Bologna Ragazzi Awards amazing bookshelf, White Ravens, D-Pictus Outstanding books... She lives in Mexico City. She won the Bologna Book Fair Portfolio Award in 2025.
THE AUTHOR
Sandra Siemens studied Literature at the National University of Rosario (UNR) and writes children's book since 1992. She has received numerous awards for her work, among them the Special Distinction of the National Award for Children's Literature in 2011. She lives in Wheelwright, a town in the south of Santa Fe.
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