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A New York Public Library Los mejores libros para pequeños de 2025/Best Children's Book of 2025 Big sisters are the best! Neither rain nor a series of setbacks can put a damper on a young girl’s day spent with her big sister. A bilingual picture book that captures the love between siblings in both Spanish and English.A young girl is thrilled to spend the day with her big sister, but things don’t go as planned. It’s so hot outside—legs-stick-to-the-seat hot—that her ice cream melts. And then it rains. Their plans must change, and then change again as the library closes just before they arrive. But big sister knows just what to do next—even if it’s nothing besides splashing in puddles and looking at the stars. The day isn’t anything like little sister expected . . . it’s better.
For fans of Oge Mora's
Saturday, this picture book about the power of sibling friendship comes from award-winning author Nelly Buchet and Salvadoran illustrator Rachel Katstaller, with the Spanish translation by Pura Belpre honor winner Mariana Llanos (B
enita y las criaturas nocturnas).
Una niña está encantada de pasar el día con su hermana mayor, pero las cosas no salen según lo que han planeado. Hace tanto calor afuera (calor tipo se-te-pegan-las-piernas-al-asiento) que se derrite su helado. Y luego llueve. Sus planes deben cambiar y luego volver a cambiar cuando la biblioteca cierra justo antes de su llegada. Pero la hermana mayor sabe exactamente qué hacer, incluso si no es más que chapotear en los charcos y mirar las estrellas. El día no se parece en nada a lo que esperaba la hermana pequeña: es aún mejor. Para los amantes del libro Saturday
de Oge Mora, este libro ilustrado sobre el poder de la amistad entre hermanas es obra de la galardonada autora Nelly Buchet y la ilustradora salvadoreña Rachel Katstaller, con traducción al español de Mariana Llanos, ganadora del Pura Belpré Honor (Benita y las criaturas nocturnas
).
About the author
Nelly Buchet is the author of ALA Notable Book and Irma Black Award winner
Cat Dog Dog: The Story of a Blended Family (PRH, with art by Andrea Zuill, 2020), the four-board book “Can't Do” series (Bonnier UK, with art by Pau Morgan, 2021), and
How to Train Your Pet Brain (Beaming Books, with art by Amy Jindra, 2022). She has taught nonviolent conflict resolution in schools and created a nonprofit project that brings picture books to refugee children through orphanages and libraries. She divides her time between Berlin, Germany, and the US. @nellybuchetbooks
Rachel Katstaller is an illustrator from tiny tropical El Salvador. After attending the Summer Residency in Illustration at the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 2014, Rachel decided to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a children’s book illustrator. Since then, Rachel has relocated to the Austrian Alps along with her cat, Hemingway.
Mariana Llanos is a Peruvian born writer, poet, and translator. She’s the author of several children’s books, including the Pura Belpré Honor
Benita y las criaturas nocturnas/Benita and the Night Creatures and the award-winning
¡Corre Pequeño Chaski/Run Little Chaski. She’s passionate about visiting schools to spread the joy of reading. She lives in Oklahoma with her children, and her dog, Romeo.
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Mariana Llanos es una escritora, poeta y traductora nacida en Perú. Es autora de varios libros para niños, entre ellos
Benita y las criaturas nocturnas, ganador de un Honor Pura Belpré; y el galardonado
¡Corre, pequeño Chaski! Le apasiona visitar escuelas para contagiar su amor por la lectura. Vive en Oklahoma, Estados Unidos, con sus hijos y su perro Romeo.
