Sonja Wimmer – författare

A delightful tale about magic hats and bonnets, but above all about the importance about being yourself and the hidden treasures we carry within us.Guided Reading Level: O, Lexile Level: 950L

Winner at the 2015 International Latino Book Awards. A magical hat shop arrives in town. However, all the customers who enter leave somehow changed... Do you dare to discover the mystery?One day, a hat shop mysteriously appears in the main square of a little town. The townspeople are surprised by this new arrival. No one knows where it came from or why it appeared right there, in the middle of the town square. “Who needs a hat?”, some wondered. Confusion and mistrust begin to reign in town, but Timid Tim, determined to reveal the mystery that the hat shop was hiding, decides to enter and reveal what is it that the shop offers. But then something happens that nobody expects: the first customers put on their hats, and make an amazing discovery.A delightful tale about magic hats and bonnets, but above all about the importance of being yourself and the hidden treasures we carry within us.

Winner at the 2011 Moonbeam Children's Book AwardsThe Word Collector is a magical, heart-warming story about a young girl who shares her love of words to help people feeling lost and blue.Luna lives high, high up in the sky. So high that her homeland couldn’t be seen from the ground. She is an extraordinary little girl, one of a kind. Luna has the most special endearing pastime: she likes to collect words. She prefers beautiful  words, funny words that make you burst into laughter when you pronounce them, and words that fill your heart with joy and fill your soul for a very long time.But one day, everything changed, and the words that Luna had guarded with so much care started disappearing one by one. What was happening? Luna wonders. She learns that people are forgetting all the beautiful words. They stopped thinking words were important.Determined and ready to find a solution, Luna sets out with her beautiful words to convince humanity of the importance of sharing joy and happiness.

Luna is passionate about words. She loves their light and becomes tickled with laughter from them. But one day she realizes that, little by little, the beautiful, gorgeous, and fun words are disappearing from the world--so she decides it's time to act. A poetic tale about the magic of words, this delightful story invites readers of all ages to enjoy the power that positive words can have.

Winner at the 2015 International Latino Book Awards. A magical hat shop arrives in town. However, all the customers who enter leave somehow changed... Do you dare to discover the mystery?One day, a hat shop mysteriously appears in the main square of a little town. The townspeople are surprised by this new arrival. No one knows where it came from or why it appeared right there, in the middle of the town square. “Who needs a hat?”, some wondered. Confusion and mistrust begin to reign in town, but Timid Tim, determined to reveal the mystery that the hat shop was hiding, decides to enter and reveal what is it that the shop offers. But then something happens that nobody expects: the first customers put on their hats, and make an amazing discovery.A delightful tale about magic hats and bonnets, but above all about the importance of being yourself and the hidden treasures we carry within us.Premiado en Estados Unidos en los 2015 International Book Awards. Una sombrerería mágica llega a la ciudad. Sin embargo, todos los clientes que entran salen cambiados… ¿Te atreves a descubrir el misterio?Un día, sin saber cómo, una sombrerería aparece en la plaza de un pequeño pueblo. Sus habitantes se sienten inquietos ante tal novedad. Nadie sabe de dónde ha salido ni por qué se ha establecido allí. “Pero quién necesita sombreros?”, se preguntan algunos.  La confusión y la desconfianza empieza a reinar en el pueblo, pero Miguelito el miedoso, decidido a desvelar el misterio que la sombrerería escondía, decide entrar y averiguar qué ofrece esa sombrerería. Pero entonces ocurre lo que nadie esperaba: los primeros clientes se ponen los sombreros y hacen un gran descubrimiento. Todos los que entran salen cambiados, de una manera u otra.Una bella historia sobre sombreros mágicos pero sobre todo que resalta la importancia de ser uno mismo y de descubrir los tesoros que todos llevamos escondidos en nuestro interior