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Gustavo, the Shy Ghost (The World of Gustavo)

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Your selection was perfect for our children and what really made the difference was your ability to engage with each child, discuss their interests and help them to choose a suitable book based on your extensive knowledge of the books you were selling.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Day of the Dead was a completely different feeling because I guess that there is something comforting about the thought of being remembered after you died by your loved ones.You guys are such a force for good and I am a passionate supporter of Indie booksellers, so I'm so happy this worked out well (I'd love to know how many books were sold if you have it to hand - it felt like quite a lot!

I haven't charted out my visits for the summer term, but I'm sure there are several in the south) and thanks so much for being so fantastic! This story deftly weaves themes of inclusion, friendship and being true to yourself with striking artwork inspired by the author/illustrator’s upbringing in Mexico City. When I was a child, I remember that some people didn’t like the idea of mixing Day of the Dead and Halloween, however, I have to say that I loved and cherished them both because they mean different things. From Mexico my favourite illustrators are Erika Meza, Estelí Meza (they are not related), Juan Palomino, Jimena Estibaliz, Pam Medina and Sofia Weidner.Some of my favourite characters in the book are Katerina the ‘Catrina’, the elegant skull girl in pink, based upon an engraving by Guadalupe Posada; Alma, the invisible girl who happens to be the prettiest monster in town; and the witch – with a secret name that I cannot reveal yet – who will feature as the main character on my next picture book! I can tell you that making drawings with lots of details has been something that I love doing because those details help me to build a more convincing and unique world. Alongside a delightful story that holds our attention throughout, the illustrations are detailed and entrancing.

The first blend I tried was too limited; the second one was too colourful and there was nothing really magical about it, so I had to stop for a while and think about the world I had just created. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The Klaus Flugge Prize is funded personally by Klaus Flugge and run independently of Andersen Press.

It was such a pleasure to meet you both, and I really appreciated how smoothly and professionally you ran everything. Although he loves all the usual things about being paranormal such as walking through walls, he’s too shy to join in and make friends. My son is a generally outgoing toddler with adults and with peers at school, but with older kids or children he doesn’t know, he gets verrrry shy. Gustavo is good at doing all sorts of ghostly things: walking through walls, making objects fly, and glowing in the dark.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. More than anything in the world Gustavo wants to make a friend, but he also has a problem: he is very shy, so whenever he tries getting close to the other monsters in town, he realizes they can’t see him. at some point during the process, I decided that Gustavo was going to be a ghost, which made me very happy because that meant that he could shapeshift into objects, something that could be visually playful; but also, it meant that I could create a world where Mexican calacas (skeletons) and monsters could happily live together, which meant that I could introduce children to Mexican, and horror cinema culture at the same time! From around the world, I really love the work of Isol, Sara Fanelli, Carson Ellis, Jon Klassen, Marta Altés, Anushka Allepuz and Beatrice Alemagna - the list is endless!On 2022 you will be able to see my second picture book with Walker Books about a family of witches who are experts in the dark arts of patisserie. Flavia: The idea for the book came after a tweet I wrote in 2016, where I said that the reason for ghosts to wear sheets was that they are very shy.

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