LORENZA ESTANDÍA
Literary Agency Specialized in Children and Young Adult´s Literature
Picture Books
Kissy Face
Christel Guczka illustrated by Sozapato
32 pp, 3+ years
Betty gives out kisses of all sizes, shapes and for any occasion. But her family, neighbors and friends are scared to get close to her anytime she fires a kiss blast, because they have dangerous consequences. They will have to look for the best way to take advantage of her love tokens. This book has an English version.
World rights for all languages except Spanish
Twice Nicolas
Monique Zepeda
Illustrated by Cecilia Rébora
34 pp, 4+ years
Nicolás draws ferocious animals, or that’s what they seem. As the dark night arrives, they escape, and frightened Nicolás can’t sleep. Mother knows that a pink tiger can’t be too brave, and confetti panthers are more fun. Next to her, Nico discovers that scary things can also be painted in colors.
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Here Comes Lucas!
Gabriela Peyron Illustrated by Cecilia Rébora
64 pp, 5+ years
Lucas is sad because he is not allowed to sleep in his master's bedroom. After "he" arrived, everything changed. But Lucas won't resign and will do anything to have his place back.
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Luciana, the Toad Fish
Veronica Murguia illustrated by Juan Gedovius
48 pp, 5+ years
Luciana lives in the deepest part of the sea, where the sunlight does not reach and it always seems to be at night. In that night sky, Luciana shines with her own light, she lights up to explore the darkest corners of the sea. Although she knows the bottom very well, she has never gone up to the surface. One day, animated by Gorgona, a very conceited jellyfish, she decides to go see if, as the jellyfish says, the sun shines brighter than all the animals in the bottom. But in this adventure not everything turns out as she imagined. She will have to use her strength to achieve her purpose.
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Lifeguard
Monique Zepeda
illustrated by Marcos Almada Rivero
98 pp, 6+ years
This is a very special book. So special it will only listen to you, and probably can share secrets with you. What kind of secret? One of those you haven’t talked with your parents or teachers. The kind of secret that hurts and makes you feel guilty, but it is not your fault.
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The King of Jerusalem
Verónica Murguía
illustrated by Gabriel Pacheco
52 pp, 15+ years
Baldwin of Edessa was crowned as king of Jerusalem. Balduin, the youngest son of Count Eustaquio II of Boloña, grew up in the fierce shadow of his brother Godofrey. Both go to the Crusade in search of land and fortune. The brothers undertook a journey that led them to travel different paths.
World rights for all languages except spanish and italian
Kassungilá
Monique Zepeda
illustrated by Monique Zepeda
48 pp, All ages
Kassunguilà is a small fish that lives at the bottom of the sea protected with an umbrella, until one day a terrible storm rips it from his peaceful life and begins a journey to regain peace and self-confidence.
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That Morning
Toño Malpica illustrated by Luis San Vicente
36 pp, 3+ years
Disputes between a brother and a sister can lead to saying things they may regret later. The discomfort it causes is such that they don't know how to solve things. The reconciliation between the witch and the monster in this story happens with an unexpected intervention.
Rights sold for English for USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia, Philipines and Singapure
Dear Fair Godmothers
Gabriela Peyron
Illustrated by Luis San Vicente
48 pp, 5+ years
The main character of this story is in her cradle and finds out that some fairy godmothers are trying to give her three talents that she finds useless. A series of events highlights that not everything that is achieved in life is pre- determined by where or when we are born.
World rights for all languages except Spanish
I Am Me
Gabriela Peyron Illustrated by Cecilia Rébora
64 pp, 5+ years
Have you been told you have your mother's eyes or your dad's voice… or maybe that when you grow up you will be a successful runner or a professional swimmer? Since the girl, main character of this story, was born she heard those kind of things more than a hundred times! Come and meet her.
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Word & Silence
Melisa Giraldo illustrated by Melisa Giraldo
24 pp, 6+ years
Onomatopeias, graphic metaphors, collages, complementary color, serif, and sans-serif fonts enlighten this story which is a small window into our reality; societies full of noise, disconnected, hardly influential, and divided voices who sometimes disregard each other. This story is an invitation to compliment one another, to join together, to find each other, to establish dialogue, to accept diversity, to listen. This book has an English versión
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Malka’s Trip
Mónica Rodríguez
illustrated by Alicia Varela
44 pp, 9+ years
In this children’s book, Mónica Rodríguez dares to pose the most difficult, basic, and intimate of human questions about religion from different perspectives in an inquisitive, unprejudiced, and opened to doubt. She created an inspiring philosophical book and a poetic, highly literary story.
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In the Same Boat
Monique Zepeda
illustrated by Monique Zepeda
36 pp, All ages
Living in society entails the meaning of concepts as equality, tolerance, respect, freedom, solidarity, and justice. In this short poetic story, Monique Zepeda criticizes individualism and indifference in modern societies, that can only be eradicated if we understand “we all sail in the same boat.”
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The Whole Truth
Monique Zepeda
illustrated by Ixchel Estrada
40 pp, All ages
Is it true that you always must tell the whole truth? One day Toto Kartush told a big lie. It was a terrible and horrible day. But his life got even worse when he tried to understand adults...
World rights for all languages except spanish, korean and chinese