author/illustrator: Jairo Buitrago/Jaque Jours
ages: 4+
44 pages
19 x 27 cm
Hardback
Lecturita
Telepathy
Choosing the same game, drawing with the same colors, raising their hands at the same time. Every time he thinks or does something... she does too. The protagonist doesn’t quite understand what’s happening to him and his friend. His sister has a theory: it’s telepathy. Could that be it?
A sweet story to understand that sometimes the closest connection to a friend can feel wonderfully surreal, but that it's also good to have different tastes and views... This tenderly illustrated book is also a joyful immersion in a child's mind, both brimming with scientific curiosity, and open to believing the most incredible theories.
BY THE SAME AUTHOR:
- 2023 D-Pictus Outstanding Books
THE AUTHOR
Jairo Buitrago is a children’s book author, illustrator, and researcher in children’s literature and film history. He focuses on creating picture books in collaboration with illustrators from various countries. His books have been translated into English, Portuguese, Catalan, Chinese, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, and Swedish. Publishers such as Leetra, Greystone Books, El Jinete Azul, Amanuta, Babel Libros, Groundwood Books, Saela Shobo, Tramuntana, or Fondo de Cultura Económica de México have released his work. He won the A la Orilla del Viento award in 2007 for Camino a casa, the Hispano-American Award for Children's Fiction Castillo in 2019 for Al principio viajábamos solas, and the Antonio García Cubas Prize for Best Mexican Children’s Book in 2020. He was also nominated for the Kirkus Prize in the United States in 2019 for Walk with Me (the English version of Camino a casa). His books have been selected several times for the IBBY Honour List, and he has also received the SER Award in Brazil, the White Raven from IBBY International, and the ACLI Prize in Colombia.
THE ILLUSTRATOR
Jaque Jours is a Mexican illustrator who likes to write and paint stories with traditional techniques. She has worked on projects for brands and editorial illustration for periodicals and digital projects. In 2023, she was awarded a FONCA (National Foundation for the Arts and Culture) fellowship by the Mexican Government to make her first picture book: The Muéganos.
She studied Architecture & Interior Design, and she's currently working on my thesis to obtain a Master’s Degree in Literature. Both things led her to discover her passion for painting and illustrating books.
In 2023 she was a finalist in the third edition of the BOit! International Illustration Contest and with BOit! her illustrations were exhibited twice at the Bologna Book Fair (in 2024 and 2025)