Winner :: Children’s Book of the Year Award!
Set in a tropical backyard, Bella The Caterpillar examines the process of metamorphosis from a child’s perspective. Paramo’s cast of characters emanate from a child’s mind, where insect friends are there to help a caterpillar discover more about her present and future. Along the way the ultimate responsibility of transformation is left up to the protagonist and vis a vis the reader. The print book includes a soundtrack and narration utilizing child voice actors!
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New Mexico – Arizona Book Awards
Marisol became the youngest winner in the history of the New Mexico – Arizona Book Awards in the winter of 2017! The New Mexico – Arizona Book Awards are the biggest award presenters in the Southwest outside of California! Marisol won this prestigious award, beating out over 1200 submissions from publishing houses of all sizes from all over the U.S.
[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”6″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″]Author, Kellogg Foundation Fellow and Albuquerque’s Inaugural Poet Laureate Hakim Bellamy states, ‘In the very first sentence of her story is a caterpillar named “Bella.” Immediately, we drawn to Paramo’s freshness of perspective. Challenging the existing notion that caterpillars are not beautiful until they become butterflies. From the very beginning, Paramo acknowledges the inherent value of a 16-legged protagonist … while foreshadowing Bella’s eventual metamorphosis. As a dad, I’ve read my fair share of children’s books and I can say with some certainty that there are a significant number of adult children’s book authors who don’t execute the foreshadow with as much skill.”
Multimedia
The soundtrack, composed by Christian Orellana, contains tropical rhythms. professional bilingual narration and child voice actors. Mr. Orellana featured the talents of Harpist Dave Hoover, Bassist Gilbert “Ad Lib” Uribe, vocalist Carrie-Ann Maes and Audio Engineer/Musician/Actor Nick “Furious” Myers of FuriouStylz Entertainment.
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