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Cuatrogatos Award 2019
Publication 2019
Ilustration
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Awarded
Awarded books
The 20 Winners of the Cuatrogatos Foundation Award 2019
To choose the winning books of the Cuatrogatos Foundation Award 2019, a reader is committee read approximately 1,500 publications for children and young people from 175 publishers from 19 countries into consideration.
Among the 20 winning works are picture books, object books, poems, short stories and novels that are part of the catalogs of the publishers from Argentina (Calibroscopio Ediciones, Editorial Norma, Ojoreja, Pequeño Editor), Colombia (Loqueleo Richmond), El Salvador (Valparaiso Ediciones), Spain (Anaya, Bookolia, Ediciones SM, Editorial Libre Albedrío, Kalandraka Editora, Libros del Zorro Rojo, Narval Editores, Tres Tigres Tristes, Yekibud Editores), and Mexico (CIDCLI, Ediciones El Naranjo, Fondo Editorial Estado de México FOEM). Seven of these publishing houses had not previously received the Cuatrogatos Foundation Award.
In this opportunity, in addition to awarding the 20 awards and highlighting 12 finalists, we distributed a list of 100 titles that are recommended for their literary and plastic values. The graphic image that identified the prize was created by the Spanish prestigious illustrator Marta Altes.
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A la vista
Daniel Montero GalanColection Koreander de libros extraordinariosAlmería: Editorial Libre Albedrío, 2017Album BookFor those who took off as readers
ISBN: 978-84-947462-0-8
This wordless book ”yet full of questions ” is an ecological parable that invites us to observe the details of the illustrations, to follow the development of the plot and to build the story. The scenario, a deserted island, which is idyllic at first, undergoes serious transformations as men beginning to industrialize the land and exploit the island ™s natural resources irrationally. The important issue of the care of the planet and sustainable development is posed intelligently in this book, with an open and seemingly hopeful ending.
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Biografía de un cuerpo
Mónica Rodríguez
Gran Angular ColectionMadrid: Editions SM, 2018NovelFor those who became great readers
ISBN: 978-84-9107-457-1
With elegant poetic prose, this book recreates the daily life, conflicts, and aspirations of a student of classical ballet and of several of his classmates. The challenges of his demanding search for perfection and the doubts about his vocation are some of the complex themes developed by this novel trough the use of solid structure and language, which displays an elaborate choreography of actions, feelings, and emotions. As an enriching correlate, the book evoques moments of the life of Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky and introduces disturbing resonances to the plot.
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Cómo meter a una ballena en una maleta
Guridi
Sevilla: Tres Tigres Tristes, 2017Album BookFort those who start reading
ISBN: 978-84-947304-4-3
The protagonist of this story is about to start -a long, long journey, but before leaving, he has to solve a difficult problem. He needs to take his whale with him, and... How can you put something so huge in such a small suitcase? With a great combination of text and graphic images, this proposal makes appropriate use of the format of the accordion-book, which the reader receives stored inside a cardboard box shaped like a suitcase, in perfect harmony with the aesthetic of the narrative. This is another original and poetic approchement to the serious problem of contemporary migrations, an experience that is becoming more and more common all around the world.
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Cuando mamá llevaba trenzas
Concha PasamarColección IlustradosMadrid: Bookolia, 2018Album BookFort those who start reading
ISBN: 978-84-949117-0-5
The discovery of a box full of memories allows a girl to explore the world of her mother's childhood and become the heir to a rich legacy of memories and feelings. With realistic illustrations, a great evocative power, and a simple text that invites you to travel to the past, this elegant and nostalgic picture book provides the possibility to younger readers to become aware of a different time ”and compare it to their own ”. A time where the days were more longer, the games more simpler and fun, where you didn ™t need much, and where -all the neighbors in town were like one big family.
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Cuentos cansados
Mario Levrero
Ilustraciones de Diego BiankiBuenos Aires: Pequeño editor, 2018CuentoFor those who took off as readers
ISBN: 979-987-1374-90-8
For three nights, which may well be a thousand and one, like those of Scheherezade, a child demands that his father tell him tales. But the father, who comes home exhausted, can only tell him “tired tales.” Splashed with yawns, silences and some snores, his fantastic stories stand out for surreal humor and imagination. With a splendid display of great illustrations and tiny, funny vignettes, these hilarious dialogues are a celebration of fantasy and also of complicity and emotional communication between parents and children.
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Finalists
Finalists
We highlight a set of works that were finalists in the selection process of the winning books of the Cuatrogatos Foundation Award 2019
These titles were highly valued for their literary, artistic and editorial quality during the jury deliberations. The finalists are books with great merits, highly recommended reading.
A la vista
Daniel Montero GalanColection Koreander de libros extraordinariosAlmería: Editorial Libre Albedrío, 2017Album BookISBN:978-84-947462-0-8
Biografía de un cuerpo
Mónica RodríguezGran Angular ColectionMadrid: Editions SM, 2018NovelISBN:978-84-9107-457-1
Cómo meter a una ballena en una maleta
GuridiSevilla: Tres Tigres Tristes, 2017Album BookISBN:978-84-947304-4-3
Cuando mamá llevaba trenzas
Concha PasamarColección IlustradosMadrid: Bookolia, 2018Album BookISBN:978-84-949117-0-5
Cuentos cansados
Mario LevreroIlustraciones de Diego BiankiBuenos Aires: Pequeño editor, 2018CuentoISBN:979-987-1374-90-8
La Distante
Alberto ChimalIlustrations of Elizabeth BuilesCiudad de México: Ediciones El Naranjo, Secretaría de Cultura, 2018CuentoISBN:978-607-8442-67-6 (El Naranjo); 978-607-745-861-6 (SecretarÃa de Cultura)
Elio. Una historia animatográfica
Diego ArboledaIlustrations of Raul SagospeMadrid: Anaya, 2017NovelISBN:978-84-698-0885-6
En el bosque
Text by Ana María MatuteIllustrations by Elena OdriozolaBarcelona: Libros del Zorro Rojo, 2017Object-bookISBN:978-84-947734-3-3
En la senda del contrario
Martín BlascoColection Zona libreBuenos Aires: Editorial Norma, 2018NovelISBN:978-987-545-733-1
La huerta de Simón
Rocío AlejandroPontevedra: Kalandraka Editora, 2017Album BookISBN:978-84-8464-349-4
La jaula
Text of Germán MachadoIlustrations of Cecilia VarelaBuenos Aires: Calibroscopio Ediciones, 2018Album BookISBN:978-987-3967-26-9
Le comieron la lengua los ratones
Ilustrations of Cecilia VarelaCiudad de México: CIDCLI, 2017StoryISBN:678-607-8351-63-3
Máquinas voladoras
Roxana MéndezIlustrations of Clau DegliuominiColection Valparaíso infantilSan Salvador, El Salvador: Valparaíso Ediciones, 2018PoetryISBN:978-99961-53-13-6
La merienda del parque
Text of Pablo AlboIllustrations of Cecilia MorenoMadrid: Narval Editores, 2017Album BookISBN:978-84-946784-7-9
Nidos que arrullan. Nanas, cantos y arrullos de América Latina
Selection of Cintia RobertsIllustrations of Laura VarskyBuenos Aires: Ojoreja, 2017PoetryISBN:978-987-3969-10-2
El perfume del viento
Triunfo ArciniegasIllustrations of Juan Camilo MayorgaColección Nidos para la lecturaBogotá: Loqueleo, Richmond, 2018Album BookISBN:978-958-5444-25-6
Poemar el mar
Antonio García TeijeiroIllustrations of Xan López DomínguezColection Sopa de librosMadrid: Anaya, 2018PoetryISBN:978-84-698-4641-4
Por una manzana
Neus CaamañoSevilla: Tres Tigres Tristes, 2018Album BookISBN:978-84-947304-6-7
Un año... poemas para seguir las estaciones
Text of íngeles QuinterosIllustrations of íngeles VargasBarcelona: Yekibud Editores, 2017PoetryISBN:978-84-947989-2-4
#YoSoyBosco
Andrés AcostaIllustrations of Irma Bastida HerreraColection Lectores Niños y JóvenesToluca: Fondo Editorial Estado de México FOEM, 2017NovelISBN:978-607-495-589-7
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Recommended
Recommended
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For the little ones who cant read
La huerta de Simón
Rocío AlejandroPontevedra: Kalandraka Editora, 2017Album BookISBN:978-84-8464-349-40
Nidos que arrullan. Nanas, cantos y arrullos de América Latina
Selection of Cintia RobertsIllustrations of Laura VarskyBuenos Aires: Ojoreja, 2017PoetryISBN:978-987-3969-10-20
Por una manzana
Neus CaamañoSevilla: Tres Tigres Tristes, 2018Album BookISBN:978-84-947304-6-70
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Fort those who start reading
Cómo meter a una ballena en una maleta
GuridiSevilla: Tres Tigres Tristes, 2017Album BookISBN:978-84-947304-4-30
Cuando mamá llevaba trenzas
Concha PasamarColección IlustradosMadrid: Bookolia, 2018Album BookISBN:978-84-949117-0-50
La jaula
Text of Germán MachadoIlustrations of Cecilia VarelaBuenos Aires: Calibroscopio Ediciones, 2018Album BookISBN:978-987-3967-26-90
Máquinas voladoras
Roxana MéndezIlustrations of Clau DegliuominiColection Valparaíso infantilSan Salvador, El Salvador: Valparaíso Ediciones, 2018PoetryISBN:978-99961-53-13-60
La merienda del parque
Text of Pablo AlboIllustrations of Cecilia MorenoMadrid: Narval Editores, 2017Album BookISBN:978-84-946784-7-90
El perfume del viento
Triunfo ArciniegasIllustrations of Juan Camilo MayorgaColección Nidos para la lecturaBogotá: Loqueleo, Richmond, 2018Album BookISBN:978-958-5444-25-60
Un año... poemas para seguir las estaciones
Text of íngeles QuinterosIllustrations of íngeles VargasBarcelona: Yekibud Editores, 2017PoetryISBN:978-84-947989-2-40
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For those who took off as readers
A la vista
Daniel Montero GalanColection Koreander de libros extraordinariosAlmería: Editorial Libre Albedrío, 2017Album BookISBN:978-84-947462-0-80
Cuentos cansados
Mario LevreroIlustraciones de Diego BiankiBuenos Aires: Pequeño editor, 2018CuentoISBN:979-987-1374-90-80
Le comieron la lengua los ratones
Ilustrations of Cecilia VarelaCiudad de México: CIDCLI, 2017StoryISBN:678-607-8351-63-30
Poemar el mar
Antonio García TeijeiroIllustrations of Xan López DomínguezColection Sopa de librosMadrid: Anaya, 2018PoetryISBN:978-84-698-4641-40
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For those who dare with challenging books
Elio. Una historia animatográfica
Diego ArboledaIlustrations of Raul SagospeMadrid: Anaya, 2017NovelISBN:978-84-698-0885-60
En el bosque
Text by Ana María MatuteIllustrations by Elena OdriozolaBarcelona: Libros del Zorro Rojo, 2017Object-bookISBN:978-84-947734-3-30
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For those who became great readers
Biografía de un cuerpo
Mónica RodríguezGran Angular ColectionMadrid: Editions SM, 2018NovelISBN:978-84-9107-457-10
La Distante
Alberto ChimalIlustrations of Elizabeth BuilesCiudad de México: Ediciones El Naranjo, Secretaría de Cultura, 2018CuentoISBN:978-607-8442-67-6 (El Naranjo); 978-607-745-861-6 (SecretarÃa de Cultura)0
En la senda del contrario
Martín BlascoColection Zona libreBuenos Aires: Editorial Norma, 2018NovelISBN:978-987-545-733-10
#YoSoyBosco
Andrés AcostaIllustrations of Irma Bastida HerreraColection Lectores Niños y JóvenesToluca: Fondo Editorial Estado de México FOEM, 2017NovelISBN:978-607-495-589-70
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For the little ones who cant read
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