¡NO QUIERO SER VIOLETA!(Misha la gata violeta)

I DON’T WANT TO BE PURPLE! (Misha the Purple Cat)
Author: 
Philip Stanton
Publisher: 
EDICIONES SM
Year of Publication: 
2006
Pages: 
48
ISBN: 
84-675-0860-4
Genre: 
Literature
Season: 
AUTUMN 2009
SYNOPSIS
First title of a series of 6 picture books for readers of 5 years old and up. Misha, the purple cat, just started first grade. She’s a prankster with a hot temper and a quick tongue, but underneath the huff and puff a soft heart beats. This series follows Misha and her friends as they discover how to have fun facing everyday childhood problems and worries such as not wanting to be different, being scared of the dark, not wanting to go to school or to have a brother.
In “¡NO QUIERO SER VIOLETA!” (I don’t want to be purple!): Misha is sick of being purple. None of the other cats around her are purple... Misha wants to changer her colour… But thanks to her grandfather and an old photo album, Misha and her friends start a magical trip and discover how difference is pleasant and important.

 

Publishing rights available from
Company: 
Isabelle Torrubia Agente Literaria
Address: 
c/ Travessera de Gràcia, 68, 1º 1ª – 08006 Barcelona - España
Contact: 
Isabelle Torrubia
Phone: 
93 218 78 67
E-mail: 
info@torrubia-agency.es
Website: 
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Countries where the rights have been sold: 

No vull ser violeta!
España (Catalan)
Baula
2009
 

Additional information
Prizes and reviews: 

2ª edición

Press reviews: 

"Tales (...) with one of the strongest narrative voices, entertaining and very fresh."
El Mundo

With intelligence and humour, Stanton raises and resolves conflicts in an "exemplary" way, but without being too teaching (...) The texts are fresh, dynamic, punctuated by dialogue out of life itself and the illustrations are designed to draw attention, but without causing so much surprise that children cannot identify with them and recognize their world full of fun details.
CLIJ