A magical story of a Guatemalan girl named Juanita, who loved cooking crunchy maize tortillas and counting stars every night.Juanita lived in Santa Catarina Palop, a pretty little village next to a beautiful lake, surrounded by three huge volcanoes. She loved her pueblo and their people. Women there helped their families by weaving huipiles from silk, wool, and cotton thread while men worked the land. Juanita wanted to be of help, so she always cooked for her family her favorite meal, tortillas. At night, when the sun cleared the way for the moon to shine bright, Juanita would run onto the roof of the house for her nighttime routine: counting stars. The sky was so clear she could almost touch it.But one day, Juanitas mom became very ill, and she couldnt work at her loom. Juanita wanted to help but didnt know how to. It appears the sky had been listening to her all the time and had a big surprise stored for her

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

There are 24 pages in this book. This book was published in 2021 by Cuento de Luz SL .

Martina Peluso was born in Naples in 1980, where she currently lives and works. She has studied printing art at the Institute of Art in Naples and she has frequented courses of illustration at Sarmede and Pavia. In 2006 at the Carampa Circus in Madrid set up her first personal exhibition: Circus. In 2007 she has exhibited her work at Assisi, Italy, called the Hymn of the Creatures, images of a world of grace, it was on exhibition at the museum of St. Damiano.