"Una pieza de arte. En cada una de sus paginas, sentiras el flujo de una poderosa energia que murmurara a cada una de tus celulas que es tiempo de salir de tu escondite, de abrir las ventanas, de respirar con libertad, de vestirte de colores... de volar". --Laura Esquivel, autora de Como agua para chocolate
Una fabula ilustrada para todas las edades sobre una nina mexicoamericana que se transforma en una mariposa monarca y se embarca en la gran migracion hacia Mexico. Monarca teje los valores de la tradicion, la ecologia y la transformacion personal.
El dia que cumple 13 anos, Ines recibe de su abuela de Mexico un collar que la convierte en mariposa monarca: el cumplimiento de una profecia que vincula el destino de Ines con el legado de su familia y con la supervivencia de las mariposas.
La aventura continua cuando Ines se une a las mariposas para su migracion al santuario de las monarcas en Mexico, una odisea que se ha vuelto cada vez mas peligrosa debido a la actividad humana. El enjambre viaja desde el noreste de los Estados Unidos a los pantanos de Luisiana hasta las montanas llenas de pinos en la Sierra Madre occidental, y finalmente llegan al santuario de la Sierra Chincua. En este maravilloso libro en la linea de Juan Salvador Gaviota y El Principito, Ines descubre las conexiones entre todos los seres vivos y la urgente necesidad de proteger la migracion y los habitats de las monarcas.
Dividida en cuatro capitulos para imitar las cuatro etapas de la vida de una monarca -huevo, larva, pupa y mariposa-, Monarca mezcla el folklore mexicano, el ambientalismo y el realismo magico en una encantadora novela. Ilustrada con los deslumbrantes dibujos llenos de color de Leopoldo Gout, este libro inspirara a los lectores a proteger y valorar el sagrado mundo natural que los rodea.
"A work of art. In each of the pages, you will feel the flow of a powerful energy which will murmur to each of your cells that it is time to come out of hiding, to open the windows, to breathe freely, to dress colorfully... to fly."--Laura Esquivel, author of Like Water for Chocolate
An illustrated fable for all ages about a Mexican-American girl who transforms into a monarch butterfly and undertakes the great migration to Mexico, Monarca braids together the values of heritage, ecology, and personal transformation.
On her thirteenth birthday, Ines receives a mysterious necklace from her abuela in Mexico that turns her into a monarch butterfly--the fulfilment of a prophecy linking Ines' destiny to her family's legacy and the butterflies' survival.
The adventure continues as Ines joins the monarchs on their long journey south to the butterfly sanctuary in Mexico--an odyssey that has become increasingly perilous due to human activity. Together, the swarm travels from the northeast to the swamps of Louisiana to the pine-filled mountain tops of the western Sierra Madre, finally alighting at the Sierra Chincua sanctuary. On this wondrous journey in the vein of Jonathan Livingston Seagull and The Little Prince, Ines discovers the connections between all living beings, and the urgent need to protect the monarchs' migration and habitats.
Divided into four chapters to mirror the four stages in a monarch's life--egg, larva, pupa and butterfly--Monarca blends Mexican folklore, environmentalism, and magical realism in an enchanting novella. Illustrated with stunning full-color drawings by Leopoldo Gout, this book will inspire readers to protect and cherish the sacred natural world around them.
Author Biography:
Leopoldo Gout is a filmmaker, writer, and visual artist from Mexico City. He studied contemporary art at Central Saint Martins in London and has shown his sculpture and paintings in galleries and museums around the world. Leopoldo lives in New York City with his wife and two children.
EVA ARIDJIS is an award-winning filmmaker and writer. She wrote and directed the narrative features The Favor and The Blue Eyes and the documentaries Children of the Street, La Santa Muerte, Chuy, The Wolf Man and Goodbye Horses. She also wrote on Narcos: Mexico.