Donna Barba Higuera

Gebundenes Buch

The Unlikely Aventuras of Ramón and El Cucuy (the Unlikely Aventuras of Ramón and El Cucuy Book #1)

An Illustrated Chapter Book

Illustrator: Perdomo, Juliana

Beschreibung

A young cucuy, assigned to scare a boy named Ramâon, struggles to frighten him when Ramâon is too preoccupied with worrying about starting a new school, leading to an unexpected friendship between them.

Autor

Donna Barba Higuera grew up dodging dust devils in the oil fields of central California. She was a daydreamer, constantly blending life experiences and folklore into stories. Higuera currently lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family, two dogs, 11 chickens, and one frog. She is the author of the picture books El Cucuy Is Scared, Too! and It’s Navidad, El Cucuy!, both illustrated by Juliana Perdomo, and she is also the author of the middle-grade novels The Last Cuentista, winner of the Newbery Medal and Pura Belpré Award, Alebrijes, winner of the Pura Belpré Honor, and Lupe Wong Won’t Dance, winner of a Pura Belpré Honor, the Sid Fleischman Award for Humor, and a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award. Juliana Perdomo is a Colombian illustrator and writer with a background as a psychologist and art therapist. Her work is joyful and heartfelt, folkish, and a bit retro with a Latin touch. Perdomo lives in Bogotá, Colombia, with her amazing son, Luca, her rocker partner, Iván, and a funny old dog named Menta.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amulet Books
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Altersempfehlung: 7 bis 10 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 147mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9781419777424
• ISBN-10: 1419777424
• Artikelnr.: 73400982