Colorful Mondays SEPTEMBER

Specs

• ISBN 978-0-8028-5616-6

• $17.99 / CAN $23.99

• Ages 5–9

• Picture book

• 36 pages

• Hardcover, unjacketed

Rights

• Full-color illustrations throughout

• Trim size: 10.375” x 10.375”

• BISAC Code: JUV030040

• Series: Stories from Latin America

North America, Australia, and UK English rights; unenhanced and enhanced eBook rights; all other rights Editorial Juventud & Ilustrata Agency

Translated from Spanish

Description

A beautiful, empowering story about the impact of literacy in underprivileged communities, based on a real bookmobile program in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Luis’s favorite day of the week is Monday, the day the bookmobile comes to his neighborhood. In Villa Nueva, sad stories can gather like dark, stormy clouds. But at the bookmobile, Luis hears stories and songs that burst with life, laughter, and color. He might see a puppet show or get to pick a book to read on his own. Every new Monday fills Luis and his neighbors with a joy they can’t help but bring back home.

KEYWORDS: Honduras, Central America, books, bookmobiles, libraries, hope

Illustrated in captivating swirls of color, Colorful Mondays highlights the strength of disadvantaged children and the creativity of those who help them imagine a better future.

Authors

Nelson Rodríguez is a children’s writer, musician, and the director of JustWorld International’s Asociación Compartir mobile library project. Through a chain of serendipitous events, he met children’s bookseller Leonardo Agustín Montes, and they began writing together. Colorful Mondays is their English-language debut.

Illustrators

Rosana Faría and Carla Tabora began illustrating projects together in 2020. Carla is a Brazilian visual artist and photographer whose work has been exhibited across the world. Rosana is a Venezuelan illustrator whose Black Book of Colors (Groundwood) was a 2008 New York Times Best Illustrated Book. Both Carla and Rosana are based in Barcelona, Spain. Visit their website at tiliabooksesp.myportfolio.com.

Translator

Lawrence Schimel has written or translated over 200 books, including Niños, 9 Kilometers, and the Batchelder Honor book Different (all Eerdmans). His works have received many awards, including a PEN Translates Award and a SCBWI Crystal Kite Award. Lawrence lives in Madrid, Spain. Follow him on Twitter @lawrenceschimel.