Cuatrogatos Foundation Award

Awarded books

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  Bulubú

  Beatriz Giménez de Ory 

  Ilustraciones de Mariona Cabassa 

  Colección Orihuela 

  Pontevedra: Faktorí­a K de Libros, Kalandraka, 2013 

  Poetry

  For those who took off as readers

  ISBN: 978-84-15250-52-4

  A careful book that pays tribute to the old minstrels and to the playful universe of the puppets. With a structure that combines novelty with lyrical, narrative and theater, and four enchanting characters - the globetrotting artist Bulubú and his puppets Manontroppo, Marionetta and Dragonzález -, this work is, for its freshness and refinement, a rewarding find inside The current Latin American poetry for children. Ovillejos, sonnets and free stanzas, with marked musicality, refer us to a fantastic and timeless universe.

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  Caperucita Roja

  Adolfo Serra 

  Colección Clásicos del Fondo

  México D.F.: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2013

  Libro de imágenes
  

  For the little ones who can ™t read

  ISBN: 978-607-16-1653-1

  Original recreation of one of the most popular children's stories of universal literature. Disregarding the written text and opting for a visual story made up of attractive images, this new approach to the well-known characters of Little Red Riding Hood and Wolf proposes disturbing perspectives, symbolic associations and a daring use of space. The ability to surprise and thrill from traditional motifs are virtues of this book.

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  José Rosero 

  Colección Rosa y manzana 

  Santa Marta de Tormes, Salamanca: Lóguez, 2013 

  Libro álbum

  For those who took off as readers

  ISBN: 978-84-96646-83-44

  Beautiful and enigmatic album that unfolds parallel narratives - text and images, reality and fantasy - to expose the drama and dreams of a marginalized human being, and allow him to transcend social invisibility to which he has been reduced. Clarice is a touching character because of her helplessness, the sadness of destiny we guess and her ability to dream. Challenging proposal, which is enriched with the sensitivity and complicity of a reader capable of imagining the underlying stories.

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  El cuento fantasma

  Jaime Gamboa 

  Ilustraciones de Wen Hsu Chen

  Ciudad de Guatemala: Amanuense, 2013 

  Short story

  For those who start reading

  ISBN: 978-9929-8117-7-5

  Splendid illustrations in which comedidas and poetic strokes of color involve figures and locations in white, resolved with an elegant use of textures and reliefs of cut papers. The beauty and creativity of the graphic proposal contribute to the resonance of a story with a good handling of the intrigue, which leads to a surprising end. Celebration of the library as a space of diversity through a different kind of book and reading.

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  Felini

  Marco Chamorro 

  Quito: Altea Santillana Ecuador, 2012 

  Picture book

  For those who start reading

  ISBN: 978-9942-05-152-3

  Album book that plays with different reading planes and is based on unexpected turning points that stimulate the interest of the reader. Graphic image and text harmoniously share the narrative of a story in which nothing is what it seems. The adult mediator will appreciate the delicious tribute to the universe of the cinema -goño to the Italian director Federico Fellini and his masterpiece 8½-, while the children will enjoy a beautiful story, in humorous key, about the love of the lion Felini for a cow. A work that captivates by its humanism and its pure simplicity.

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  La guarida de las Lechuzas

  Antonio Ramos Revillas 

  Ilustraciones de Isidro R. Esquivel 

  Colección Ecos de Tinta 

  México D.F.: Ediciones El Naranjo, 2013 

  Novel

  For those who dare with challenging books

  ISBN: 978-607-7661-66-5

  With a teenager as narrator and protagonist, the novel looks at the complex relationships established by young people today in the family and school settings. With a solid structure, a never-ending narrative rhythm and elegant and expressive prose, the plot drives us with a firm pulse in an exploration of the world of school gangs and the search for individual values. The discovery of love, friendship and the often difficult paternal-filial relationships add to the motives of this sensitive and intelligent work.