Enrique Quevedo – illustratör

Winner at the 2012 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards. A book overflowing with poetry and color, helping us to discover that we live within the most amazing magic show we could ever imagine.Whether it be creating a rainbow out of different-colored handkerchiefs or filling up the sky with flying doves carrying playing cards, the feats carried out by a would-be magician engulf the pages of this entertaining book about quotidian magic. Although not really a magician, the main character imagines himself to be one, accomplishing impressive tricks such as changing night into day and back again. This amusing and colorful story helps children discover the magic of every day and perceive the world as a spectacular magic show in its own right. I like magic so much that sometimes I pretend I’m a great magician and that I can do the most beautiful, amazing tricks in the world… I imagine that every morning I make a big silver coin disappear from the sky…

Winner at the 2012 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards. A book overflowing with poetry and color, helping us to discover that we live within the most amazing magic show we could ever imagine.Whether it be creating a rainbow out of different-colored handkerchiefs or filling up the sky with flying doves carrying playing cards, the feats carried out by a would-be magician engulf the pages of this entertaining book about quotidian magic. Although not really a magician, the main character imagines himself to be one, accomplishing impressive tricks such as changing night into day and back again. This amusing and colorful story helps children discover the magic of every day and perceive the world as a spectacular magic show in its own right. I like magic so much that sometimes I pretend I’m a great magician and that I can do the most beautiful, amazing tricks in the world… I imagine that every morning I make a big silver coin disappear from the sky…

Do you enjoy stargazing? Do you know the names of the planets in our solar system? Do you know why the planets are named after gods? Which is the fastest planet? How long does a day last on Jupiter? Or a year on Mars? Our Universe is an amazing spectacle, in which the stars and planets dance together in rhythm. Maybe you'll see things differently when you look up at the starry skies after reading this book. La danza del tiempo is a book full of imagination and information, which will be useful for parents and teachers looking to accompany children on a different kind of journey through our solar system. Lexile Level 780L

Auntie Maggie and her Five Nieces and Nephews — is a tremendously original and funny picture book in which Maggie, an unconventional aunt, will have to survive a whole summer with her five nephews and nieces and their respective problems. An original and entertaining picture book that offers us an adventure full of humor, confidence, and courage at the beginning of childhood maturity and responsibility when children face difficulties and need help.How Aunt Maggie cares for her nephews and nieces and is involved in solving their problems is an example of how the teaching method makes all the difference to the success of the learning process.Funny, constructive, and always putting herself in place of her young nephews and nieces, she always has an optimal perspective that allows her to help them properly and contribute to making them better in whatever they set out to do; besides, involving them all in each of the resolutions will only enhance the virtues of all of them. A story perfectly accompanied by excellent artwork, in a completely new register for the artist, in which he offers us richly detailed and beautifully colored scenarios whose strokes manage to convey the funny situations the children encounter perfectly.Aunt Maggie and her Five Nieces and Nephews bring us a story about learning by making mistakes, having the courage to ask for help when we need it instead of giving up, and the extraordinary value of that beautiful confidence that makes us feel comfortable asking for the support we need.  A beautiful book that explores all the opportunities that children have to grow, learn, improve, and be the best they can be. But above all, to ask for help and make it as constructive as possible so that they become more competent in dealing with the setbacks that may arise.La Tía Marita y sus cinco sobrinos — Cinco niños completamente distintos, con sus cosas de niños, pasarán todo un verano con su adorada, y divertida tía Marita.  ¿Será capaz de resistir la valiente señora el peso de los problemas que les irán surgiendo a cada uno de sus sobrinos?La Tía Marita y sus cinco sobrinos es una historia que, con gran sentido del humor y contemplando el aprendizaje a través del juego, nos muestra la valentía de pedir ayuda cuando se necesita, en lugar de darnos por vencidos, y cómo activar creatividad e imaginación para encontrar respuestas y afrontar las dificultades.La forma en que tía Marita atiende a sus sobrinos y se implica de forma divertida y constructiva en la resolución de sus problemas, representa una invitación y un estímulo para que aprendan a resolverlos por sí mismos.Una original historia de Sandra Alonso que viene perfectamente acompañada de las geniales ilustraciones de Enrique Quevedo, que juegan con el humor y la expresividad.La Tía Marita y sus cinco sobrinos reúne todas esas oportunidades que tienen los niños de crecer por dentro, de aprender de sus errores y desarrollar la tolerancia a la frustración. Pero, sobre todo, de solicitar ayuda y de que esta siempre sea lo más constructiva posible de cara a hacerlos cada vez más competentes a la hora de actuar frente a los contratiempos que les puedan ir surgiendo.