Books with author Ana Juan

The illustrator of the highly acclaimed FRIDA makes a smashing debut as an author.Every morning the Night Eater runs through the sky, gobbling up all the darkness. He eats cloudy nights as light and sweet as cotton candy, and deep dark nights that taste like bitter chocolate. His favorites are bright clear nights -- the stars tickle his nose as he swallows! But what if the Night Eater doesn't come? Without him to devour the dark, the night animals won't go back to their dens . . . the earth and all the people grow very pale and cold . . . and children everywhere long to play in the sun. Can they convince the Night Eater to return to the skies?

Dans ce recueil, Ana Juan nous donne à voir des oeuvres de sa vaste production mettant en scène des visions oniriques, aussi frappantes que pénibles, parfois ironiques et sordides, laissant la part belle à ses personnages multi-facettes. Le thème de prédilection est le corps, d'une dimension imposante et d'une plasticité sur les objets environnants et l'espace qu'il occupe. Ana Juan utilise de nombreuses références à la peinture classique: de la grandeur chromatique et sculpturale des femmes de Tamara de Lempicka à l'atmosphère romantique et flottant de Marc Chagall, gauguin et Modigliani en passant par les portraits de guernica de Picasso ou du Baiser de Klimt. Des influences expressionnistes et cubistes encore, chevelure flamboyante dans le style préraphaélite et les échos d'un certain syncrétisme japonais...

The illustrator of the highly acclaimed FRIDA makes a smashing debut as an author.Every morning the Night Eater runs through the sky, gobbling up all the darkness. He eats cloudy nights as light and sweet as cotton candy, and deep dark nights that taste like bitter chocolate. His favorites are bright clear nights -- the stars tickle his nose as he swallows!But what if the Night Eater doesn't come? Without him to devour the dark, the night animals won't go back to their dens . . . and the earth and all the people grow very pale and cold . Can they convince the Night Eater to return to the skies?Spanish Title: El comenoches

Seven delightful Christmas stories for both children and adults to enjoy. Some of these stories are based on Christmas legends. How did the robin get his fiery red breast? Why do we hang silver tinsel or our Christmas trees? What connects the Poinsettia to the festive season?These answers are woven into these fictional stories to enhance your enjoyment of Christmas.Suitable for bedtime reading through Christmas week; keeping the festive spirit alive.Will bring joy and happiness to any child and adult - aged from 5 to 95 - at any time of the year.

The illustrator of the highly acclaimed FRIDA makes a smashing debut as an author.Every morning the Night Eater runs through the sky, gobbling up all the darkness. He eats cloudy nights as light and sweet as cotton candy, and deep dark nights that taste like bitter chocolate. His favorites are bright clear nights -- the stars tickle his nose as he swallows! But what if the Night Eater doesn't come? Without him to devour the dark, the night animals won't go back to their dens . . . the earth and all the people grow very pale and cold . . . and children everywhere long to play in the sun. Can they convince the Night Eater to return to the skies?