Ana Cristina Herreros

"Folklorist Ana Cristina Herreros and visionary illustrator Violeta Lópiz spin a deeply feminist retelling of an old Spanish folktale in THE TRUE STORY OF A MOUSE WHO NEVER ASKED FOR IT. Through rhythmic text, highly conceptual illustrations, and a final visual narrative that is silent but revelatory, this picture book builds from deceptive simplicity to an explosive end. The story begins with a mouse, very neat and hard-working, who makes herself...