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Dear Diary
Diario de un hada
¿Qué oculta esta hada? ¿Es verdad que está harta de las princesas? ¿Es cierto que quiere renunciar a los tules rosados? ¿Acaso sueña con usar uñas postizas?
Las intimidades nunca antes reveladas de un hada con aspiraciones artísticas. Sorprendente, disparatado, secreto: un diario que tenés que espiar sí o sí.
Las intimidades nunca antes reveladas de un hada con aspiraciones artísticas. Sorprendente, disparatado, secreto: un diario que tenés que espiar sí o sí.
32 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2015
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March 16, 2021
A disgruntled fairy confides in her diary in this rhyming picture-book from Argentina, distraught by the fact that she and others like her do all of the magical work in fairy-tales, but often get overlooked in favor of the princesses. This fairy wishes to be the star of the show, and to have the glamor she often brings to others...
Originally published in Spanish as Diario de un hada, this amusing fairy-tale diary is one of four such confessional picture-books created by co-authors Valeria Dávila and Mónica López, and illustrator Laura Aguerrebehere - the other three are Diary of a Monster , Diary of an Ogre and Diary of a Witch - and translated into English by David Warriner for the Montreal-based publisher, CrackBoom! Books. Much like Diary of a Witch , which is the only other book in the collection that I have thus far read, the rhyming text in Diary of a Fairy is sometimes a little awkward, and there is a feeling of abruptness to the ending. I think the latter is probably just how these books were written - maybe the intention was less to tell a complete story, than to provide a glimpse into each diary - while the former might be owing to the difficulties of translation. I would imagine that rhyming text would be quite a challenge, in this respect. The artwork here is quite appealing, ably capturing the plump fairy's chagrin at many of the situations in which she finds herself. I liked some of the little details, like the fact that there is a note on the fairy's refrigerator, reminding her to tell her story to Valeria and Mónica, which just happen to be the authors' names. Cute! I'd recommend this one to picture-book readers who appreciate fractured fairy-tales, as well as to those interested in Argentine children's books.
Originally published in Spanish as Diario de un hada, this amusing fairy-tale diary is one of four such confessional picture-books created by co-authors Valeria Dávila and Mónica López, and illustrator Laura Aguerrebehere - the other three are Diary of a Monster , Diary of an Ogre and Diary of a Witch - and translated into English by David Warriner for the Montreal-based publisher, CrackBoom! Books. Much like Diary of a Witch , which is the only other book in the collection that I have thus far read, the rhyming text in Diary of a Fairy is sometimes a little awkward, and there is a feeling of abruptness to the ending. I think the latter is probably just how these books were written - maybe the intention was less to tell a complete story, than to provide a glimpse into each diary - while the former might be owing to the difficulties of translation. I would imagine that rhyming text would be quite a challenge, in this respect. The artwork here is quite appealing, ably capturing the plump fairy's chagrin at many of the situations in which she finds herself. I liked some of the little details, like the fact that there is a note on the fairy's refrigerator, reminding her to tell her story to Valeria and Mónica, which just happen to be the authors' names. Cute! I'd recommend this one to picture-book readers who appreciate fractured fairy-tales, as well as to those interested in Argentine children's books.
December 2, 2021
Amor por los cuentos de Dávila y López
December 14, 2020
Loved the premise and enjoyed reading it myself!
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