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Mentiras de Dulcamara
Viajes por los Lugares Dúplices
Discover an unexplored Spain populated by the most fantastic and impossible beings of the Paramundo.
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Vanesa Pérez-Sauquillo
(Madrid, 1978)
Poet, children’s and young adult author, and translator.
Over the course of her career, she has received several awards, including the Ojo Crítico Award from Spanish National Radio, the Antonio Carvajal Poetry Prize, the Adonáis Prize (Accésit), the Young Art Prize of the Community of Madrid, and the Jovellanos International Poetry Prize. Her poems have been included in numerous national and international anthologies as well as in school textbooks.
She has published many books for children and young readers with publishers such as Alfaguara, Loqueleo, Anaya, SM, and Siruela, among others, some of which have been translated into English, French, German, Turkish, Korean, and other languages.
She regularly gives poetry readings, storytelling sessions with live music, and workshops on poetry, creativity, and children’s literature.
Best Books 2021
"Fisno y Pelucho. Un tesoro en la basura" ("Fisno and Pelucho. Treasure in the Trash") has been selected by the OEPLI (the Spanish division of IBBY) as one of the...
A Potty For Every Animal
A video about "Cada animal con su orinal" (= A Potty for Every Animal), for those of you who are thinking about potty-training this summer. You can click here. Understanding,...
Top #10 Poetry Books
Combustión espontánea, my latest book of poetry, has been selected in the top #10 Poetry Books by two of the critics of El Cultural from the El Mundo newspaper. We...
Children’s Literature committed to COP 25
For a Children's Literature committed to the environment and to a sustainable lifestyle.
Turkish edition: Grandes Pasitos
My series for Toddlers "Grandes Pasitos" ("Big Baby Steps" could be a translation) are now published in Turkey, in A7Kitap Publishing Company. A series full of humour, in verse, to...
Project Quiero
The bear from Project Quiero has come out of his den! (Santillana. For kindergarten teachers, 3+ years) Jazmin Villagrán has illuminated three books of my verses with her joyful illustrations,...
New Website
Hello everyone! As you can see, we've renovated my website this summer, so that it adapts to any device you see it from and that the contents are more accessible....
Bookclub: The Dejachupetes and Cada animal con su orinal books
Now available in Círculo de Lectores (Spanish Bookclub) is my collection of Grandes Pasitos books, a funny and poetic way for your child to stop using the pacifier and get...
Madrid Book Fair
The Madrid Book Fair is back! This Sunday, the 3rd of June and the following, the 10th, I will be signing my most recent Children & Young Adult titles from 12:00...












