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“Julia does not usually have many nightmares. […] But, as I said, sometimes she has. And one of the last times, I thought of something that has proved very effective and it is becoming usual, in a small ritual before bedtime. What I did was to select one of his favorite stories, the wonderful “The city of colours”, and I left the book open on the bed next to her. In this way, when she fell asleep, she could see and dream about those worlds and those children “.
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‘Las ciudades de colores’… uno de esos cuentos que merecen la pena
Las ciudades de colores hides a double reading that invites children to read and re-read the story looking the pictures to discover details that the text doesn’t say. The personality of the characters is also reflected in the artwork and it is associated with each colour. The characters speech is also reflected in the book with changes in size and spacing of typography. And every city hides secrets: Van Gogh, a shy giraffe, a pirate’s home or a peacock in love with a weathercock among many other things.
Las ciudades de colores is a book to travel and discover. But must of all… for dreaming and to prevent that the grey invade us. If not, what were the colours invented for?
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