Walking Through a World of Aromas

by Ariel Andrés Almada, Sonja Wimmer (Illustrator), Jon Brokenbrow (Translator)

Overview

Winner at the 2013 International Latino Book Awards. Close your eyes and breathe in. Discover Annie’s universe, a world of aromas and fragrances, where there is no room for the impossible.

When Annie was born, everything was dark. She could feel the warmth of her mother as she held her in her arms, the smell of her father’s newly washed shirt, and far away, she could hear the twittering of the birds as they slowly woke up to spring. But apart from that, everything else was darkness..

Annie spends her days cooking in an old house with her grandma. Although she can’t see, Annie has the gift of being able to feel our very deepest emotions and to bring them to life with her magical mixtures of cinnamon and saffron. But one day, she meets a person who awakens a boundless affection in her, someone who will introduce her senses to a completely unknown world.

If we set our minds to it, we can all turn what we perceive as weaknesses into strengths.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788415619505
Publisher:	Cuento de Luz
Publication date:	09/04/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	24
Lexile:	AD1160L (what's this?)
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	5 - 7 Years

About the Author

Ariel Andrés Almada is an investments manager and the author of several Spanish-language books. Sonja Wimmer is an award-winning illustrator whose work has been featured in books, posters, and magazines. Her illustrations for The Word Collector earned her Best Illustrator at the 2011 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards. She is also the illustrator of Could It Happen to Anyone? and Story of a Cockroach.

Editorial Reviews

A grand story wrapped up in delicious packaging. The translation is still light on its feet and enjoyable to the ear. Better still are Wimmer’s effervescent illustrations, which dance about the text, bringing it fully to life.” —Kirkus Reviews

“A picture book that win our hearts by the beauty of its images and the tenderness of its history. A story of overcoming starring a girl who, due to her condition, develops the rest of her senses with greater intensity. Especially her smell will help her to move around the world in the dark. This book conveys a powerful message: we can all do special things, if we are able to enhance our gifts.” —Apegoyliteratura

“A moving story that from the beginning and in a poetic way explore how blindness becomes a strength, since the young protagonist develops in an extraordinary way other senses that she explores and shares with everyone. Sonja Wimmer's soft, expressive, tender, delicate, colorful illustrations, full of infinite nuances, dance in perfect balance with a text that conveys pure emotion. Simply exquisite, with a very sweet flavor.” —El árbol rojo, a Children’s Literature Magazine.

“Tenderness, kindness, simplicity and charm mixed together transformed into a deep story in a picture book format. A tale that we should all read and know. Where there’s a will there’s a way, and once again, there is no room for the impossible.” —Locura de lectura

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