{"id":576,"date":"2022-09-17T05:46:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T05:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/?p=576"},"modified":"2023-05-15T23:13:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T23:13:38","slug":"fonchito-and-the-moon-winner-of-the-nobel-prize-in-literature-mario-vargas-llosa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/?p=576","title":{"rendered":"Fonchito and the Moon <\/br>  <\/span><\/br> <\/span><\/br>Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Mario Vargas Llosa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Fonchito and the Moon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Mario Vargas Llosa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Illustrations by Marta Chicote Juiz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA very sweet story. It\u2019s very romantic. It\u2019s lovely.\u201d
\u2014Christiane Amanpour, CNN<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHeavenly bodies are all well and good, but this tale of permission asked and granted is worth more than the moon.\u201d<\/em>
\u2014Kirkus<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDreamy illustrations and moody palettes play with the contrast of light and shadow in this sweet tale about first loves and childhood imagination.\u201d
\u2014Foreword<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis ethereal picture book is an excellent way to introduce young readers to the lyricism of Vargas Llosa.\u201d
\u2014School Library Journal<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAn inspirational story for children, focusing on finding a way to achieve the impossible and the merits of not giving up, the illustrations \u2026 are bright and colorful and brilliantly bring the story to life.\u201d
\u2014SA Examiner<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fonchito is a little boy with his heart set on winning the affection of his classmate Nereida. She is beautiful, and all he hopes for is her permission to kiss her on the cheek. But she is shy and agrees under only one condition: that Fonchito bring the moon to her. Bring her the moon? What is Fonchito to do? And in that moment his love inspires him to find a way to do the impossible. This first children\u2019s book by Mario Vargas Llosa, one of the world\u2019s greatest writers, is an enchanting story about the magic in discovering how high you can reach for those you love, even if they ask for the moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mario Vargas Llosa was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010 in recognition of his contribution as one of the most important voices in contemporary literature. His novels include The Time of the Hero<\/em>, The Feast of the Goat<\/em>, and Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter<\/em>. Fonchito and the Moon<\/em> is his first children\u2019s book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marta Chicote Juiz graduated with a degree in fine arts from the Complutense University of Madrid, and later studied in England. Her illustrations have been published in books throughout the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hardcover | jacketed
10.25 x 9.5 inches | 32 pages
ISBN-13: 979-8-9859558-0-4
$20.95 | Children
October 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n\"amazon\"<\/a>\n\"Barnes<\/a>\n\"Book<\/a>\n\"Indie<\/a>\n\"Book<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fonchito and the Moon Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Mario Vargas Llosa Illustrations by Marta Chicote Juiz \u201cA very sweet story. It\u2019s very romantic. It\u2019s lovely.\u201d\u2014Christiane Amanpour, CNN \u201cHeavenly bodies are all well and good, but this tale of permission asked and granted is worth more than the moon.\u201d\u2014Kirkus \u201cDreamy illustrations and moody […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=576"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":681,"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576\/revisions\/681"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}