Vanina Starkoff is a graphic designer, illustrator and children's book author with eleven books to her credit. She lives in Buzios, Brazil, and runs workshops teaching art to indigenous children. Otávio Júnior is a Brazilian writer, actor, storyteller and theater producer. He opened the first library in the favelas of Complexo de Penha and Alemão in Rio de Janiero.

★ “Júnior, a writer who grew up in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, has created a loving tribute to his home....Digitized acrylic paintings by Starkoff are an artfully composed quilt of colors and activity; they combine the sweep of a grand mural with intimate, relatable moments of fun, joy, and resilience, and provide plenty for young readers to notice and appreciate” — Publishers Weekly, starred review

Vanina Starkoff is a graphic designer, illustrator and children's book author with eleven books to her credit. She lives in Buzios, Brazil, and runs workshops teaching art to indigenous children. Otávio Júnior is a Brazilian writer, actor, storyteller and theater producer. He opened the first library in the favelas of Complexo de Penha and Alemão in Rio de Janiero.

★ “Júnior, a writer who grew up in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, has created a loving tribute to his home....Digitized acrylic paintings by Starkoff are an artfully composed quilt of colors and activity; they combine the sweep of a grand mural with intimate, relatable moments of fun, joy, and resilience, and provide plenty for young readers to notice and appreciate” — Publishers Weekly, starred review

Vanina Starkoff is a graphic designer, illustrator and children's book author with eleven books to her credit. She lives in Buzios, Brazil, and runs workshops teaching art to indigenous children. Otávio Júnior is a Brazilian writer, actor, storyteller and theater producer. He opened the first library in the favelas of Complexo de Penha and Alemão in Rio de Janiero.

★ “Júnior, a writer who grew up in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, has created a loving tribute to his home....Digitized acrylic paintings by Starkoff are an artfully composed quilt of colors and activity; they combine the sweep of a grand mural with intimate, relatable moments of fun, joy, and resilience, and provide plenty for young readers to notice and appreciate” — Publishers Weekly, starred review