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 underthe same sky have more in common than we ever imagined.
"Gregorio loves the night sky. He has a telescope that he uses to look at the stars, the moon, and other things that he later draws. He doesn’t let anyone touch his telescope. Only once did he let me look at a red dot he said was a spaceship or a satellite, I can't quite remember.
– Do you see it?
– No
– Ugh!
And with a cloth, he cleaned the spot where I had placed my eye, just in case I left a germ or something that could make him sick.
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."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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THE ILLUSTRATOR
Mariana Alcantara 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.