Nico´s new shoes
Pia Vilarrubias
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(Edittionarius, Feb. 24, 2019)
The toys decide to try on Niel´s new shoes. Each one has their own special way of walking in them.Vip flies out of the window to have a spin in the fresh air before he returns to his book to show all the other penguins how smart he looks.Collection ‘Niel & his toys'Daily stories of four endearing characters to accompany the children in their first readings!The stories of ‘Niel & his toys' put four personages into play: Niel, a 4-year-old boy who encourages his two teddies to play: Youme, the loving little bear and Lucy, the coquette mona. But Vip also appears, a penguin drawn very surreal that has come out of a book about the world of penguins.In most of the stories Niel proposes daily activities to his friends: go for a walk, make buildings, play with the ball, make a party, draw, clean ... and from here, the emotional expressions of the characters appear: jealousy, the need for a kiss before going to sleep, fear, anger, impatience or generosity before the arrival of a little brother … Whatever the theme and plot of the story, the illustrations represent the expression of the feelings and emotions that usually affect children of the first ages.Pia Vilarrubias: author, illustrator and teacherPia Vilarrubias starts in the illustration in the early 1970s from a long stay in Geneva that allows her to expand her training at the Jean-Jacques Rousseau Institute. At the attached school, the "École Maternelle Maison des Petits", Pia comes into contact with the most innovative psycho-pedagogical currents of the moment. The thought of Jean Piaget will give her a new look on how to understand education and the profession of teacher. From that moment she unites his double vocation, as illustrator and pedagogue, to create a collection of short drawn stories. Illustrated books plenty of metaphors that allow connecting children and adults with the affectivity and daily situations of children. She has 50 stories published so far.