author/illustrator: Micaela Chirif/ Joaquin Camp
ages: 3+
40 pages
19 x 27 cm
Hardback
Lecturita
Rights sold: Simplified Chinese, Complex Chinese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), English (world), Greek, Dutch
A Sleepless Night
Little Elisa can’t stop crying and no one knows why. After a sleepless night, it takes a grandmother’s touch—and an explosive fart—to bring much-needed relief.
One night, little Elisa begins to cry. At first her crying resembles a cat’s meow. But it soon grows so loud that the flowers wilt and the birds fly out the window. We move her bed so she can see the moon, we wrap her up warm, cool her down, and tie a red ribbon to her wrist. But nothing works. We all wonder: Why is she crying?
After a long sleepless night, it takes a grandmother’s touch to finally find out. Elisa lets out a fart that sounds like a plane taking off in the middle of the living room, nine blenders whirring at full power, twenty-seven moaning hair dryers...
An irreverent story about the wind that passes through us all, A Sleepless Night shows that seemingly complicated problems can have simpler solutions than we think.
“Both story and art reflect a passion for extremes, each equally ridiculous in their own ways... Come for the sobbing baby. Stay for the psychedelic cacophony of accompanying chaos.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Uproarious... This catalog of chaos highlights infants’ unexpected power to dominate everything around them—even the lives of strangers—and does so with good humor and respect for the wisdom of elders.”—Publishers Weekly- D-Pictus 100 OUTSTANDING PICTURE BOOKS (2023 Bologna Book Fair)
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Joaquin Camp part of the 2025 Bologna Book Fair Illustrators' Exhibition