Book cover for Cristina Plays by Micaela Chirif

Cristina Plays

2025 Released
36 Pages
1 Hours
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Orca Book PublishersISBN 9781459841178
Translated by Lawrence Schimel

★ "Differently scaled settings invite connective bedtime play in this frolicsome work. Reportorial text and bright, layered digital patterns result in a smarty worked telling of epic proportions that puts child and stuffy on the same level." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review

Inside this surreal picture book, Cristina plays, Cristina cleans and Cristina dances.

Cristina explores ordinary tasks like eating and tidying and makes curious discoveries before tumbling into sleep and visiting a fantastical dream world. Cristina Plays sweeps the reader into a clever game where Cristina might be a toy rabbit in a doll house or the child playing with it.

Micaela Chirif

Micaela Chirif is a Peruvian poet and author whose books have been translated into Korean, Japanese, English, Portuguese, and French. Sheep Count Flowers (Levine Querido) was called "utterly beguiling" in a starred Kirkus review, and A Sleepless Night was named a USBBY Outstanding International Book and a Mildred D. Batchelder Honor Book. Visit Micaela's website at micaelachirif.pe or follow her on Instagram @micaelachirif.

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