{"product_id":"juan-hormiga-isbn-9781939810823","title":"Juan Hormiga","description":"\u003cb\u003eA whimsical tale in which family lore inspires newfound daring, told by Argentina's sleepiest ant\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJuan Hormiga, the greatest storyteller of his entire anthill, loves to recount his fearless grandfather's adventures. When Juan and his fellow ants gather around for storytime, he hypnotizes all with tales of his grandfather's many exploits - including his escape from an eagle's talons and the time he leapt from a tree with just a leaf for a parachute. When he's through telling these tales, Juan loves to cozy up for a nice long nap. He's such a serious napper that he takes up to ten siestas every day! Though well loved by his ant friends, Juan decides telling tales and sleeping aren't quite enough for him - it's time to set off on his own adventure. With whimsical, irresistible illustrations, Juan Hormiga affirms the joys of sharing stories, and of creating your own out in the world.\"Storytelling shows itself as both art form and communal delight in Gustavo Roldán’s tale of an exceedingly small raconteur . . . Juan Hormiga specializes in relating episodes from the life of his grandfather, a daredevil whose exploits, as Juan tells them, enthrall his industrious compatriots . . .  Readers ages 5-8 will find themselves brought full circle in this assured and charming tale.\" \u003cb\u003e— \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eJuan Hormiga\u003c\/i\u003e is finally available in English, and thank goodness! . . . Whimsical, charming, fun, adorable, the whole nine yards of illustration and description . . . \u003ci\u003eJuan Hormiga\u003c\/i\u003e is a jewel of a story. It has everything my kids and I want from a book.\"  \u003cb\u003e— Juanita Giles, NPR.org\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This fable, written and illustrated by Argentine author Gustavo Roldan, is an homage to storytelling and the power of myth.\" — \u003cb\u003eLaurie Hertzel, Minneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This fable is a homage to storytelling and the power of myth.\" \u003cb\u003e— \u003ci\u003eRichmond Times Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The book is charming . . . The art is done in black ink with bursts of color in red, green and tiny bits of yellow . . . Much like \u003ci\u003eStuart Little\u003c\/i\u003e . . . \u003ci\u003eJuan Hormiga\u003c\/i\u003e is refreshing in its simplicity.\" \u003cb\u003e— Susan Middleton Elya, \u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Juan, a red denizen of a colony of busy black ants, offsets his extreme indolence by enthralling his mates with picaresque tales of his grandfather’s derring-do . . . Charmingly \u003ci\u003eant\u003c\/i\u003e-ic black line drawings, accented with red, green, and yellow, pop against expansive white space. Dialogue is keyed in red type, enhancing the handsome overall design. Roldán celebrates the social currency of cracking-good storytelling—and the expediency of a well-placed nap.\" — \u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"This Argentinian import, a delightfully idiosyncratic ode to storytelling, just begs for a readers’ theater performance, balancing the various ants’ emotive musings with a folkloric narrative tone . . . The scribbly art has a cheerful verve with dynamic compositions and a plethora of frantic motion lines, and the ants themselves are pleasingly odd little dudes with oversized beaklike heads protruding over pudgy bottoms and sticklike appendages.\" — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of the Center for Children's Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Juan Hormiga is an ant with two skills: his impressive napping and his hypnotic storytelling . . . With a funny ending, a nested telling, and a folktale’s meandering charm, this story has the same hypnotic draw as Juan Hormiga’s own.\" — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eJuan Hormiga\u003c\/i\u003e is a little tiny ant but his stories do wonders. When he sets off on his own adventures, you are on the edge of your seat to see where he is going and what will happen . . . A beautiful, playful story full of sparkle \u0026amp; creativity.\" — \u003cb\u003eOlga Popivker, \u003ci\u003eStylish Modern Motherhood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Juan's ability to enchant is infectious . . . If you want something that shows — doesn't tell, but shows — the power of stories, this is for you\u003cb\u003e.\" —Victoria DiMassa, \u003ci\u003eGlass of Wine Glass of Milk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Magnificent and silly and tender all at once–a perfect book. \u003ci\u003eJuan Hormiga \u003c\/i\u003eis a napping and narrating hero lovable to humans large and small alike.\" — \u003cb\u003eRivka Galchen, author of \u003ci\u003eRat Rule 79\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An amazing tale of naps and adventures, of brave little ants and parachutes of leaves, that brings a taste of Argentina to curious young readers in the United States.” — \u003cb\u003eJennifer Croft, translator of Man Booker International prize-winning \u003ci\u003eFlights\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gustavo Roldán gives us here a book about the importance of stories, of tales, about a tradition of oral storytelling that passes from generation to generation, about fantasy and the need to dream.\" —\u003cb\u003eBoolino\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA marvelous little book that I recommend, especially to those who live through well-told tales. . . . Its illustrations are crisp, lively, and powerful. —\u003cb\u003eBruno Pep\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGustavo Roldán\u003c\/b\u003e was born Argentina in 1965. His illustrations are widely published, and  he has been exhibiting his work since 1985. His books have been  published in numerous countries including Mexico, Belgium, Spain, The  Netherlands, Brazil, Korea, and Switzerland and have earned him  recognition from A.L.I.J.A. (Argentine IBBY), the Prix Octogone (CIELJ,  France), and inclusion in the White Ravens catalogue created by the  Judendbibliothek in Munich, Germany. His other books with A buen paso  publishing house include El señor G (translated into six languages), \u003ci\u003eHistorias de Conejo y Elefante\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJuan Hormiga\u003c\/i\u003e, both also published internationally. He currently lives in Barcelona, where he is a contributor to several publishing houses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert  Croll is a writer,  translator, musician, and visual artist from  Asheville, North Carolina.  He first came to translation during his  undergraduate studies at  Amherst College, where he focused on Julio  Cortázar's short fiction.  His translations include \u003ci\u003eThe Diaries of Emilio Renzi\u003c\/i\u003e by Ricardo Piglia, published by Restless Books.If there was one way in which Juan Hormiga was\u003cbr\u003e second to none, it was his way of taking a nap.\u003cbr\u003e Well, I should say naps, for he took six or seven every day.\u003cbr\u003e And that’s just if it was a normal day. But if it was raining, or\u003cbr\u003e even if the sky was simply cloudy, then the thing really\u003cbr\u003e turned serious and he could take as many as ten naps in a\u003cbr\u003e single afternoon.\u003cbr\u003e In this way, he’d earned a certain fame for laziness around the\u003cbr\u003e anthill, yet the other ants didn’t mind too much, for Juan\u003cbr\u003e Hormiga had one other ability: he knew by heart each and\u003cbr\u003e every one of his grandfather’s adventures from the days of his\u003cbr\u003e youth.","brand":"Elsewhere Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299705606373,"sku":"NP9781939810823","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781939810823.jpg?v=1767730497","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/juan-hormiga-isbn-9781939810823","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}