BOOK REVIEW SEVEN KEYS TO OPEN DREAMS Author: Alfredo Gómez Cerdá | David Pintor From the reader report by: Gênese Andrade Dream, fantasy, and magic in simple language associated with beautiful colorful images - this is a beautiful synthesis of a children’s book. But when this broadens the reflection to the role of the teacher and educator, by metamorphosing essential figures such as the author of Gramática da Fantasia, Gianni Rodari, and many writers into characters, the saying that a good children’s book pleases adults even more is forcefully imposed. That is what we have in Siete llaves para abrir los sueños, by Alfredo Gómez Cerdá, illustrated by David Pintor. The first story, or key to dreams, “La ventana de Rodari”, is a sort of frame that enfolds and mirrors the contemplation of fantasy and its importance for childhood and for the entire life of human beings. In the second one, drawing gains autonomy, leaps from the pages of the book and changes places in the tales of Tomi Ungerer, a writer and graphic artist born in Strasbourg. The third story revolves around the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren and her character Pippi. Considering that stories are about writers of different origins, the works cross national borders, talk with each other, and delight audiences all over the world. They make up another way of sketching biographies, by making the work of the biographees intertwine their lives with refinement and magic. Writings about writers, books as characters. They are also a tribute. “La lata de conservas de Christine” and “La moto de Gloria Fuertes” have as characters children in situations of social vulnerability, who have not lost their tenderness, nor their capacity to love and to dream. The real keys are words and imagination that lead to dreams, but can also help transform reality, both for the characters and for the readers of the book we are holding in our hands.
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