El Cielo de Afganistán (Spanish Edition)

by Ana Eulate (Author) Sonja Wimmer (Illustrator)

El Cielo de Afganistán (Spanish Edition)
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Gold Medal at the 2012 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards. With lyrical, stirring text and stunning, evocative artwork, El cielo de Afganistán, offers a moving ode to dreamers, to peace, and to finding hope for ending war once and for all.In a country ravaged by war, a girl looks up at the sky, closes her eyes and her imagination begins to soar, far away from hatred, from sadness. She flies up high, high above into the sky, until she envisions that long-awaited dream in which we all hold hands. She invites us to dream with her so that in her country, Afghanistan, peace may reign forever. Her dream is directed to all regions, she enters homes, homes, families, hearts.An ode to peace that reminds us of the need to be supportive and tolerant.Medalla de Oro en los Moonbeam Children's Book Awards en 2012. El cielo de Afganistán , un texto conmovedor con ilustraciones de ensueño, es una oda conmovedora a los soñadores, a la paz y a la esperanza de poner fin a la guerra de una vez por todas. En un país destrozado por la guerra, una niña mira al cielo, cierra los ojos y su imaginación empieza a volar lejos, muy lejos del odio, de la tristeza. Se eleva más y más alto, hasta que visualiza ese sueño tan anhelado en el que todos nos damos la mano. Nos invita a soñar para que en su país, Afganistán, reine para siempre la paz. Su sueño se dirige a todas las regiones, se introduce en las casas, en los hogares, en las familias, en los corazones.Un canto a la paz que nos recuerda la necesidad de ser solidarios y tolerantes.Don't miss the book trailer!
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In this glowing picture book translated from Spanish, a small Afghan girl dreams of peace. (...) True to a child's experience, the story's power is in the contrasts, and young children will recognize that the basic things they take for granted are missing in others' daily lives. —Booklist

Ana Eulate

Ana Eulate is the founder and CEO of Cuento de Luz, a Children's Picture Book Publishing Company created in 2010. A strong engagement with NGOs together with the use of sustainable materials in the book production (especially the exclusive use of Stone Paper in all books), resulted in a B Corp certification in 2015. She has been featured as a Top 100 Woman Impact Leader 2021 due to her work in creating a positive social and environmental impact for over a decade. Eulate has a strong international background having worked at the Ministry of Economy and Finance in Madrid, being appointed Commercial Attachée to the Spanish Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, and assigned to the General Directorate for External Relations of the European Commission in Brussels.

Nívola Uyà is a Spanish award-winning illustrator and visual artist, with a degree in Environmental Sciences. She loves nature as much as illustration and, whenever possible, combines both worlds. She makes illustrations for books, campaigns, audiovisual, and murals, as well as illustration and creativity workshops in many corners of the world, convinced that the creative process brings out the best in people and makes us more sensitive.

With a palette of luminous colors and a magical-realistic style, she likes to capture possible and optimistic worlds, that spread love and hope. She has more than a dozen illustrated albums published in English, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, German and Swahili, distinguished with several international awards, such as the Silver Medal at the Moonbeam Children's Book Awards for Best Illustrator, and Best Illustrated Album Award at the International Latino Book Awards and the selection Seal Chair of UNESCO for Reading.

Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9788415503002
Lexile Measure
880
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Cuento de Luz SL
Publication date
October 20, 2012
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV016080 - Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Military & Wars
JUV035000 - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
JUV039220 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Values & Virtues
JUV014000 - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
JUV030110 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Middle East
Library of Congress categories
Refugees
Peace
Girls
Afghanistan
Nianas
Kabul (Afghanistan)
Refugiados
Paz
Afganistaan

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