¡Hola Libro!: Loles by Aurelio González Ovies, illustrations by Julio Antonio Blasco

Book Quotes - Spanish and English

"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested." ~Francis Bacon

"Para viajar lejos, no hay mejor nave que un libro." -
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), poetisa estadounidense

"Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again" C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) British scholar and novelist.

"Un libro abierto es un cerebro que habla; cerrado un amigo que espera; olvidado, un alma que perdona; destruido, un corazón que llora." Proverbio hindú

"Hay libros que son para el público, y libros que hacen su propio público" (1932 - ) Umberto Eco, escritor italiano

“cada viaje, como cada libro, es una ventana abierta al mundo. Una ventana a través de la cual no solo conocemos más al mundo, sino a nosotros mismos. El viaje nos abre los ojos a mundos diferentes: a través de la literatura los vemos y los vivimos desde dentro del libro. El escritor es el que empieza este viaje, pero es el lector el que lleva a puerto cada nave. El lector es el verdadero capitán de ese barco que va surcando un mar en el que se mezclan las olas de la ficción y las de la realidad”. Ana Alcolea (http://blog.anayainfantilyjuvenil.es/wp1/?p=2409)

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Loles by Aurelio González Ovies, illustrations by Julio Antonio Blasco

Editorial Pintar Pintar (Spain) continues to produce excellent quality picture books for children. The last one which has caught my attention is a poem about Loles, a girl who hated books so much she would always erase the print in them. One day she is so, so sorry she decides to write everything she has erased. Packed with one hundred notebooks, one textbook, four hundred pencils, and lots and lots of deep thinking, she isolates herself. As she furiously writes, she goes on to discover her dreams, tenderness, the strength to overcome her fears, and more.

Take a moment to watch this beautifully crafted book trailer: Loles por Aurelio González Ovies, ilustraciones de Julio Antonio Blasco. Hopefully in the future we will be able to find this and more beautiful books from Editorial Pintar Pintar in the United States. Note: Should someone spot this book on this side of the ocean, please drop us comment.

For more illustrations from the book see Issuu and Facebook