The protagonists of "Bichopoemas y otros bestias", winner of the 2017 Euskadi Literature Prize and the 2019 Kirico Prize, are well-known creatures - from the owl to the lion, including the octopus or the snake - that live on land, water and the air. Grouped into “flying”, “aquatic”, “crawling” and “roaring” verses, the playful rhyme and catchy rhythm of these compositions invite them to be recited and sung collectively, with the family or in the classroom. These verses stand out for their musicality,
onomatopoeias that reproduce the sounds of animals and word games based on concatenations, poetic dialogues, acrostics, repetitions and other literary devices. The fun and playful sense of poetry are served in these pages, where aspects of daily life are also presented with imagination, ingenuity and a sense of humor.
The illustrations are an unusual and original collage with applications of paper, fonts and photos, spots of intense color that contrast with the predominant two-tone, fingerprints stamped with ink, drawings and doodles made with colored pencils that transform and decontextualize the objects to the extreme. surreal. They are images with symbolic content that help readers develop their creativity and even participate in the artistic process.
of this peculiar bestiary.
