Son

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

Overview

Following on from the success of Little One, from the same creative team comes Son, a declaration of love from parents to their son, with stunning art by award-winning illustrator Sonja Wimmer

This book is an invitation to transmit to our offsprings the love we have for them, the commitment to accompany them in every step they take in life, and, above all, the pride and privilege that every parent feels for being able to see them grow. From the moment they are born until they grow up, from their first glance cast at us until the moment when they are ready to start flying on their own. Son is the perfect story to read in bed. Our little ones will fall asleep with a smile, protected by the love of their moms and dads.

A book that the whole family will want to read again and again, to remind us of the simple joy of traveling along life’s highway together.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788418302176
Publisher:	Cuento de Luz
Publication date:	03/01/2021
Series:	Family Love
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	1,110,929
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 10.25(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	AD890L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Ariel Andrés Almada is an Argentine award-winning writer of children’s stories. His books have travelled the world and have been translated into multiple languages, such as Chinese, English, German, Estonian and Italian. Almada has received numerous international awards for Best Children's Fiction Book. Cuento de Luz has published his following books: Walking in a World of Aromas, The Lighthouse of Souls, The Fear of Ivan and the whole award-winning book collection ‘Family Love’. He currently resides in León (Spain).

Sonja Wimmer loves painting pictures and telling stories. After studying and working for some years as a graphic designer in her hometown of Munich and Brussels, she decided to pack her suitcase and move to Barcelona to study Illustration at the Llotja Arts and Crafts School. Since then, she lives between brushes and stories, working as an illustrator and freelance for publishers and other customers worldwide. She has received many awards for her work in the United States, most notably Gold Medal for Best Illustrator for The Word Collector.

Editorial Reviews

A parent’s love letter to a young son.” —Kirkus Reviews

“This book delivers words of confidence, of faith in the essence of our little one. Faith  that his heart will know how to guide him in the most difficult moments, where darkness seems to envelop everything.” —La Cuentería Respetuosa

“Whether you are fathers or mothers, or have a newborn or children in your environment, this will be a book to read over and over again, it will remind you of the privilege of walking the path of life together.” —La Crisálida

“A tale to read in company that evokes happy moments, also of uncertainties, that will reinforce complicity and awaken always latent emotions.” —Canal Lector

From the Publisher

2021-01-27
A parent’s love letter to a young son.

The second-person narration of the text (translated from Spanish) reads as though it is spoken by one parent to the singular, eponymous son, but the accompanying illustrations expand this reading. Different children are shown from spread to spread as the text offers encouraging words aimed at telling the son “all about this world.” After opening with lyrical descriptions of the real world—“a sky in which there are more stars than grains of sand”—both illustrations and text veer toward the fantastic or metaphorical. “If you put one foot in front of the other, you’ll be able to walk all the way around the world” reads a page depicting a White-appearing child literally walking around the circumference of the globe, which is ringed with buildings and statues representing different nations and cultures. The ensuing pages suggest that this journey is symbolic, with some roads “smooth” and others “rocky,” and “behind the rocks, there are sometimes dragons.” Ultimately, the interaction between the art and text delivers neither a cohesive story nor a clear message. Instead, the colorful art lurches between fantastic and realistic scenes while the text conveys parental love and support without offering readers a clear narrative thread to follow from page to page.

Well-meaning and muddled. (Picture book. 4-6)

Kirkus Reviews