Mariana Seeks the Silver Thimble

Where is it? Lift the flaps to find it Knock, knock! Do you remember Nicolasa? It got a very warm reception from readers. In this new adventure by Mar Benegas, illustrated by Mariana Ruiz Johnson, it is the whale’s turn to help her friend Mariana the frog seeking her lost silver thimble. Misplacing objects is an everyday occurrence, but finding them can be like going on a treasure hunt without a map. But as they say, there are no missing items. Only unsystematic searchers. Following the old advice, Mariana the frog, together with her friends, finds her way back to locate the lost thimble. As we all know, everything works out better when you do it with friends!
Author:
Biography: Poet and writer awarded with the 2022 Cervantes Chico. She works as reading and creativity promotor at schools, libraries and cultural centers. She’s specialist in children’s poetry and coordinates the poetry area of Atrapavientos and elsitiodelaspalabras.es, while training creative writing workshops at Fuentetaja. Among other books, she’s the author of the Cherry series, Nicolasa, Where Is Your Home?, Who Is Inside?, I Have Eaten Nothing, What Are They Doing?, and Bits & Bites, which belong to the Marsupiflap series.

Illustrator: Mariana Ruiz
Biography: Mariana Ruiz Johnson was born in Argentina. She has published books as an author and illustrator worldwide. In 2013, she received the Compostela Prize for Picture Books, and in 2015, she won the Silent Book Contest at the Bologna Children's Book Fair. She is also a winner of the 2025 Bologna Illustrators Exhibition. She is the author of the Quisicosas and Lullabies series and has illustrated the titles Nicolasa, Where Is Your Home? and Maria Seeks the Silver Thimble, published by Combel.

14 pages. Hardcover. 23,5 x 23,3 cm

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