Overview
Una exploración profunda sobre cómo una amistad logra trascender las barreras del tiempo y el espacio. Cat Min presenta a dos personajes inolvidables que se hacen amigos a pesar de los desafíos.
Shinbi no es una fantasmita particularmente fantasmal. Por la noche le gusta hacer pequeños ramos de flores y palitos y contemplar las estrellas lejanas. ¿Y asustar a los demás? Eso no le gusta a Shinbi, a pesar de ser fantasma.
Por el día, en una pradera, hay una roca solitaria que proyecta una sombra solitaria, es el sombrito llamado Grim. A él le gustaría mucho tener alguien con quien hablar. Pero, ¿quién? Grim escribe una sola palabra en su roca solitaria: «Hola», y espera que alguien la vea. Efectivamente, en la oscuridad de la noche, Shinbi encuentra la nota. Pero, ¿quién la habrá escrito?
★ Dejará a los lectores maravillados. Esperamos que las estrellas se alineen para que los jóvenes lectores compartan este conmovedor libro ilustrado con sus amigos, sin importar la distancia.
—Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (reseña estelar)
Una alegre celebración de la amistad, las estrellas y la búsqueda de uno mismo en este mundo y más allá.
—Kirkus Reviews
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A profound exploration of how friendship can break through barriers of time and circumstance. Cat Min introduces two unforgettable characters who become friends despite the challenges.
Shinbi is not a particularly ghosty ghost. At night she likes making tiny bouquets of things, and gazing at the far away stars. Haunting? Not so much. Even if that’s what the other ghosts like.
In the daytime, in a meadow, sits a single rock, casting a single shadow, named Greem. He’d really like someone to talk to. But who? He writes one word on his lonely rock: “Hi” and hopes someone will see it. Sure enough, in the darkness of night, Shinbi finds the note! But who could have written it?
P R A I S E
★ “Will leave viewers in awe. May the stars align for young readers to share this heartwarming picture book with their precious friends no matter how far apart they are."
—Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred)
“In this unique fable linking two worlds, their wonders aglow in rich color washes, author-illustrator Min uses inventive compositions and striking contrasts to illuminate this friendship defined—but not confined—by night and day.”
—Booklist
“A friendship that transcends barriers of embodiment and time anchors this starry creation … a work of breathless connection that interweaves yearning for companionship with yearning to know the natural world.”
—Publishers Weekly
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