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Gold Medal at the 2014 International Latino Book Awards. A beautiful, heartening ode to friendship and to all of those whose solidarity and tenderness make our world a better place.
My friend Dorothy is very, very big. Plus, she always drops crumbs when she eats, and birds often land on her head without her realizing it. Those are some of the reasons why the others don’t accept her and even ask me not to be friends with someone who is so different—as if being different were a bad thing! Do you know what? I don’t just think she’s wonderful… she’s my best friend, too. To the naked eye, we couldn’t be more different, but the truth is we have a great time when we’re together.
A fun pitch-perfect tale about the special people we all know, the ones who need us the most, and who bring so much joy to our daily lives.
“A beautiful hymn to friendship and difference, to friendship in the face of prejudice. A simple story that values those little things that make the people we love extraordinary. To those beings of light in our lives.” —Soñando cuentos
"A song of friendship that arises when we find another person who perfectly matches with ourselves and with whom we like to share time, experiences, happy and also sad moments.” —Apegoyliteratura
The award-winning author Roberto Aliaga was born in Spain in 1976. He’s a biologist and writer of children’s literature. More than 50 of his books are published and translated into 16 languages. Aliaga has won 8 literary awards, among which are the International Latino Book Awards he won in 2014 with Dorothy (Cuento de luz, 2014) and in 2016 with The Little Golden Key (Cuento de luz, 2016).
Mar Blanco is a freelance illustrator based in Madrid, Spain. In 2010 she finished her bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts in Valencia and moved to Madrid to study Artistic Direction. During her short professional trajectory she has worked with children’s publishers (Dorothy - a different kind of friend and Ignacio’s Laugh by Cuento de Luz) as well as for publishers of fiction literature. Some of her recognitions include the Bancaja Award for Best Career Project (2009, her recognition as young talent for the Caja Murcia Foundation (2010). Her last public exhibit was in Ilustrísima 2014 at the ABC Museum of Madrid.