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"This story is about hope and resiliency that describes the daily responsibilities and sacrifices a girl takes on in order to support her family's survival." https://wowlit.org/on-line-publications/review/volume-xi-issue-2/12/ #Picturebook

It‘s not until the final, wordless, page that you get the full impact of this poignant #picturebook, where children will see that the lion looks a lot like the father in the family photo, and adults can read the headline on a newspaper beside the bed, referring to the families of the desaparecidos. An excellent book about a difficult subject, showing a child who has assumed adult tasks through necessity. #translation #kidlit #latinx

I‘ve compared the Spanish language original of this children‘s #picturebook to the English #translation and the main difference is the cover. I like the way the original shows the child feeling safe in the lion‘s arms. Both editions have the same significant #endpapers: a message that the lion represents the girl‘s absent father.