Edna Iturralde

Impact

Edna Iturralde has positioned her as one of Latin America’s most skilled, prolific and versatile authors of children’s and young adult literature, with 59 books over a career that spans 35 years. Her collection of short stories Green Was My Forest was selected as one of the ten best children’s books written in Latin America during the 20th Century. Edna’s influence has expanded beyond Ecuador. In the United States four of her books were chosen to be part of the Common Core kits in the schools in Los Angeles, California and Houston Texas. The Texas Library Association selected two of her bi-lingual books for its 2016-17 list of ten recommended bi-lingual books. Two of her books are part of the Require Summer Reading Books recommended by Scholastic Books. Three of her books have won the Skipping Stones International Book Prize and five of her books won the International Latino Book Award. In Mexico, three of her books were also chosen, in different years, by the SEP, the Mexican Secretariat of Public Education, to be part of all the school libraries in that country. Her book Verde fue mi selva (Green was my Forest), was selected as one of the ten “essential” books in the Latin-American List of Children and Young Adults Literature of the 20th Century by a panel of 27 experts from Latin American countries that was convoked by the SM Foundation and the Directorate of Libraries, Archives and Museums of Chile. (Fundación SM y la Dirección de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos de Chile (DIBAM). These are substantial achievements for a writer who comes from a small country where opportunities to be known internationally are relatively few.

Childhood and Young Adulthood

Edna’s early childhood years laid the foundation for her literary career. Her aviator father died in a plane crash when she was one, and she was raised as a single child. Her maternal grandfather told her stories and her mother read to her, but without siblings, her imagination developed as she amused herself by telling stories to her dolls and dogs, and day-dreaming on garden swings. In fifth grade her class was selected to present a play at the school assembly and no appropriate play could be found, so Edna went home, sat down, and wrote one. Her teacher approved, the play was given and Edna realized how much she loved writing. From then on her dream was to become a writer when she grew up. Classmates asked her to write stories for them on topics they chose; the birth of a new baby brother or sister, a trip to the mountains, the death of a beloved pet and many other themes that were important in their lives. She also wrote in the school newspaper and was part of the Oratory Club. In 1967, she became the first girl to win Ecuador’s Presidential National Award for Oratory and the first girl to win the oratory prize of the Municipality of Quito. University was not an option, and she still dreamed of writing, but she needed to work. As a tour guide for Metropolitan Touring in Ecuador, her stories so amused tourists that they voted her the best tour guide in South America of IntravTravel Group. She started a boutique by renting a room in an old house, which she painted and decorated herself. It was Quito’s first boutique, called Carnaby Street. She sold, often on credit, the clothes and copper and silver jewelry she designed. She married at twenty-two to Diederick van Maasdijk and became the full-time mother of four children.

Early career

Marriage turned out to further her literary career, because since her children insisted she repeat her bedtime stories exactly the same way every time she had to write them down. So when Panorama, a supplement of the Quito newspaper El Comercio, solicited children’s’ stories, she sent in one of hers. Not only did Panorama choose her story, but also asked her to provide it a story every week. After one year of writing for Panorama (1980-1981), Edna founded La Cometa (The Kite) in 1982. That same year, her husband died in a plane crash. Edna continued writing La Cometa, the first weekly children’s magazine to be published in Ecuador. For the next eleven years (1982-1993), she produced La Cometa every week (with the assistance of only a secretary, an artist, and a pet squirrel), filling its 16 pages only with her own stories, serial novels, comics and games. She signed many of them with a pseudonym to make people think the magazine had a larger staff. La Cometa was distributed for free with the newspaper Diario Hoy, considerably increasing its circulation, and reached about 210,000 children weekly. Many of these children lacked money to buy books but learned the pleasure of reading from La Cometa. La Cometa provided a model for several other free South American children’s magazines.

In 1985 she married Bruce Kernan and had two more children.

Growth as an author and communicator

In 1993, commissioned by the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and the Ecuadorian Ministry of Education to write about values children should learn, Iturralde wrote the 60 amusing stories in the three volumes of ‘’To Be and To Share’’, for three different age groups. She also was a consultant of PLAN International, for which she wrote a humoristic but useful book on social relations. From 1996 to 1998, she was the representative in Ecuador of Educational Development Center (EDC). She used the Interactive Radio Instruction Method to write, produce and test 15 free distance education programs entitled “Let’s Play Theatre”. The program guides preschool teachers, or care givers, during 20 minutes sessions, in developing emotional intelligence and conflict resolution by appealing to the imagination of young children. Many Ecuadorian daycare centers have used it successfully. In 1996, Edna founded the Union of Writers of Literature for Children (UDELI), with the idea of helping writers of children and young adult literature to publish. The international publishing houses which were operating in Ecuador at the time only commercialized children books from Hispanic writers or translations from other languages. The association published an anthology of Christmas stories, enabling new writers and illustrators to gain exposure and giving impetus to children’s literature in Ecuador.

In 1998 Editorial Santillana, followed by Editorial Norma, the two most important international publishing houses in Ecuador, selected Iturralde’s literature for publication. Until then, foreign titles completely dominated children and adolescent literature within Ecuador and most writers had to publish their own work. The success of Iturralde’s books Verde fue mi Selva and Y su corazón escapó para convertirse en pájaro encouraged these publishers to look into publishing more children's literature by Ecuadorian authors. Since then Edna Iturralde has continued to publish with Santillana, Norma and also with Editorial SM, and Penguin Random House, Colombia. She has published 59 books between picture books, novels, chapter books, and collections of short stories in Colombia, Mexico, Spain and the United States.

From 2000 to 2002 Iturralde taught a course on Creative Writing at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito in the International Program. In early 2016 she started writing a weekly column for Family Magazine, a supplement to El Comercio newspaper.

Influence on Literature in Ecuador and Beyond

In 2006 Edna founded and became the first president of the Ecuadorean affiliate of the Latin-American Academy of Children and Young Adults Literature. She was its president until 2012. The literary congresses she organized in Ecuador served to draw international attention and appreciation of Ecuadorean children and young adults literature. Edna has forcefully contributed to promoting reading and raising appreciation of children and young adult literature in Ecuador. The Hoy en la Educación Foundation named its annual literary contest after her. She only asked it give its award to new, unpublished authors of children and young adult literature, since she wanted to encourage them. She has presented and discussed her literature in hundreds of visits to schools and dozens of radio, television, newspaper and magazine interviews. Her literature has become part of the curriculum of Children’s Literature studies at several Ecuadorian universities such as Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja (UTPL) Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), Universidad de Cuenca Ecuador, Universidad Técnica de Machala, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Universidad Tecnológica del Equinoccial (UTE). Her books have been used as the basis for plays, ballets. The National Symphony Orchestra commissioned an orchestral piece based on one of her books, Los hijos de la Guacamaya. Her numerous awards (e.g. 2013 Woman of the Year for Literature; 2014 Manuela Saenz Libertadora del Libertador Gold Medal; 2010 Silver Rose Award for the Woman of the Year; 2007 Essential Women in Ecuador) have enormously raised the awareness in Ecuador of the beneficial role of literature for the development of children and young adults.

Dr. Jaime García Padrino, professor of Children’s and Young Adult Literature at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, has summarized Edna’s contribution to children and young adult literature:

“… Iturralde’s contribution to Children’s Literature and Young Adult Literature is today one of the most outstanding in Ecuador and, by extension, in Latin America. This is due to both the number of works she has published to date and the variety of themes about which she has written. Her historical and biographical books are notable for their solid documentation and rigorous accuracy. Above all, her writing is of high expressive quality. There is no doubt that Edna Iturralde has made a significant, diverse and substantial contribution to Spanish-American Children’s and Young Adult Literature. She has drawn conspicuous attention to Ecuador, highlighting through her literature its cultural contributions to the world. Due to her keen ability to see the world through their eyes, Iturralde has successfully reached children and young adults. Her works are contributing to the creating a new generation of readers who are sensitive, tolerant and caring human beings."

Work

Iturralde's literature develops within a multicultural, ethnic, and social context. In an epoch when local and regional histories are being obliterated, and when few people are concerned with the special knowledge that has been preserved by certain local ethnic groups, a voice that weaves together fictional and ingenuous stories, based though they are on serious research, and through such fiction documents and projects such knowledge, is somewhat transcendental in the eyes of many. Iturralde removes the veils from the identity that is unknown or forgotten and projects it to the rest of the world.

Iturralde is considered one of the most important and prolific figures of Ecuadorian children and juvenile literature. Mother of six children, she has dedicated much of her life to writing for children. Her books have been published in Colombia, Mexico, and Spain and are distributed in the United States, Peru, and Bolivia. Iturralde was the founder and director of the children’s magazine La Cometa ("The Kite"), which for fifteen years was published together with the newspaper, Hoy, from Ecuador. She has published fifty eight books concerning a variety of themes, but for the last few years, she has concentrated on narratives based on ethnicity, and she is the pioneer in this genre in the children’s literature of Ecuador. She has given lectures on creative writing at the University of San Francisco de Quito in the International Program.

She has won various prizes and nominations within and outside her country. Among the most important of these are the Ecuador National Prize for Children’s Literature Dario Guevara Mavorga in Ecuador in 2001, the Skipping Stones Award in the

United States in 2002 and 2005, and the Mention of Honor of the Municipality of Quito in 2003 and 2004. She has been nominated twice, in 2012 and 2013, to the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA). As Her work was selected by the SEP within the competition of the Mexican Ministry of Education in 2003 and 2005. In 2005, two of her books were nominated for the Ecuadorian Honor List of IBBY (International Board of Books for the Young). She is the president of the Ecuadorian Academy of Children and Juvenile Literature, which is associated with the Latin American Academy of Children and Juvenile Literature.

Published books

The Islands Where the Moon is Born WPR Books; Latino Insight first impression 2014 Chapter book ISBN 978-1889379-46-3

Y surgió en el vuelo de las mariposas El Barco de vapor Ediciones SM first impression 2014 Bogotá Genre: short stories ISBN 978-958-773-149-1

¡Viva el fútbol! Editorial Santillana first impression 2014 Genre: short stories ISBN 978-9942-19-059-8

La casa que el bosque se tragó Grupo Editorial Norma first impression 2014, second impression 2015 Genre: chapter book ISBN 978-9942-18-126-8

Drakko Planet (saga de doce libros en seis tomos)

#1 Los 12 de fuego / #2 Jaune en Kru-urk Editorial Altea Santillana Ecuador first impression 2014, second impression Penguin Random House Colombia 2015 ISBN 978-9942-05-813-3

#3 Rav y los elfos de las praderas /#4 Kohaku y los nómadas del desierto de Kiir Editorial Altea Santillana Ecuador first impression 2014 ISBN 978-9942-05-815-7

#5 Yantar y los duendes / #6 Gimber y los Atlantis Editorial Altea Santillana Ecuador first impression 2014 ISBN 978-9942-05-814-0

#7 Las aventuras de Gless y Glessum en el reino de los enanos /#8 Las aventuras de Karabe con los gigantes Editorial Penguin Random House Colombia edición 2014 ISBN 978-958-8883-19-9

#9 Las aventuras de Anbar con las hadas /#10 Las aventuras de Ambru con el rey troll Editorial Penguin Random House Colombia first impression 2014 ISBN 978-958-8883-20-5

#11 Las aventuras de Elektrun con los zuberanos /#12 La batalla final Editorial Penguin Random House Colombia first impression 2014 ISBN 978-958-8883-21-2

Los hermanos que cosechaban short stories de hadas Editorial Santillana first impression 2013 Genre: chapter book ISBN 978-9942-05-835-5

Los pájaros no tienen fronteras-leyendas y mitos de Latinoamérica Bogotá: Grupo Editorial Prisa/Santillana S.A first impression 2012, second impression 2013, third impression 2015 Genre: cuento ISBN 978-6070119149 Los pájaros no tienen fronteras-leyendas y mitos de Latinoamérica Quito: Santillana first impression 2012, second impression 2014

Las muchachas de la lluvia Quito: Grupo Editorial Santillana S.A first impression 2012, second impression 2013, fourth impression 2014, fifth impression 2015, Genre: chapter book ISBN 978-9942-05-464-7

María Manglar Quito: Grupo Editorial Norma first impression 2012, second impression 2013, third impression 2014, fourth impression 2015 Genre: Chapter book ISBN 978-9978-54-977-3

El sueño de Manuela Quito, Mantra Editores única impresión 2012 Genre: álbum ilustrado ISBN 978-9978-353-56-1

The Day of Yesterday WPR Books; Latino Insight, California, Estados Unidos de Norte América 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 ISBN 978-1-889379-44-9 ASIN: B007SLPXMY (E-book)

When the Guns Fell Silente WPR Books; Latino Insight, California, Estados Unidos de Norte América 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 ISBN 978-1889379-48-7

Conoce a Simón Bolívar (Spanish Impression) Miami, Estados Unidos, Grupo Santillana S.A. first impression 2012 Genre: cuento ISBN 9781614353423

Conoce a Miguel de Cervantes (Spanish Impression) Miami, Estados Unidos: Grupo Editorial Santillana S.A. first impression 2012, second impression, 2013, third impression 2014 Genre: cuento ISBN 9781614353461

Conoce a Simón Bolívar (Bilingual Spanish/English Impression) Miami, Estados Unidos: Grupo Editorial Santillana S.A. first impression 2012 Genre: cuento ISBN 9781614353485

Conoce a Miguel de Cervantes (Bilingual Spanish/English Impression) 2012 Miami, Estados Unidos: Grupo Editorial Santillana S.A. first impression 2012 Genre: cuento ISBN 9781614353522

Sueños con sabor a chocolate Quito: Editorial Alfaguara, Grupo Santillana S.A, first impression 2011, second impression 2012, fifth impression 2014, sixth impression 2015 Genre: chapter book ISBN 978-9942-05-111-0

Micky Risotto y el perro chihuahua Quito: Editorial Alfaguara, Grupo Santillana S.A, first impression 2011, second impression 2012, third impression 2013, fourth impression 2015 Genre: chapter book ISBN 978-9942-05-072-4

Martina las estrellas y un cachito de luna Quito: Editorial Alfaguara, Grupo Santillana S.A., 2011, second impression 2012, third impression 2013, fourth impression 2015 Genre libro álbum ISBN 978-9942050687

Llevo tres mil años pintando Quito: Editorial Alfaguara, Grupo Santillana S.A., first impression 2011, second impression 2011, third impression 2012, fourth impression 2013, Genre: chapter book ISBN 978-9942-05-054-0

Short stories del Yasuní Quito: Editorial Alfagura, Grupo Santillana S.A., first impression 2010, second impression, 2010, third impression 2011, fourth impression 2011, fifth impression 2013, ninth impression 2015 Genre: short stories ISBN 978-9978-29-898-5

Simón era su nombre Santiago de Cuba: Editorial Gente Nueva 2010 ISBN 978-959-08-1255-2 Bogotá: Editorial Alfaguara, Grupo Santillana S.A., first impression 2010 fourth impression 2013 ISBN 978-958-704-943-5 Quito: Editorial Alfaguara, Grupo Santillana S.A., first impression 2010, second impression 2011, third impression 2012, fourth impression 2013, fifth impression 2014- sixth impression Sello Loqueleo Editorial Santillana 2016 Genero: chapter book ISBN 978-9978-29-916-6

Pecas y las cucarachas Quito: Editorial Caja de Letras Grupo Santillana S.A, first impression 2009, second impression 2011 Genero: short stories ISBN 978-9978-29-539-7

La leyenda del Arupo y otros relatos míticos y mágicos Quito: Editorial Caja de Letras, Grupo Santillana S.A., first impression 2009, second impression 2011 Genre: short stories ISBN 978-9978-29-547-2

Lagarto no come lagarto Quito: Girándula/IBBY-UNICEF, only impression 2009 Genre: mini story (no ISBN)

Johnny Tallarín en: ¿quién grita desde tan lejos? Quito: Grupo Editorial NORMA, first impression 2009, second impression 2010 Genre: chapter book, third impression 2012, fourth impression 2013, fifth impression 2014, sixth impression 2015 ISBN 978-9978-54-384-9

Imágenes del Bicentenario Historias de libertad, rebelión e independencia Quito: Editorial Altea, Grupo Santillana S.A., first impression 2009 ISBN 978-9978-29-590-8

El perro, el farolero y una historia de libertad Quito: Editorial Alfaguara, Grupo Santillana S.A., first impression 2008, second impression 2010, third impression 2011, fourth impression 2012, fifth impression 2014 Genre: chapter book ISBN 978-9978-29-342-3

El caballo, la rosa y una historia de rebelión Quito: Editorial Alfaguara, Grupo Santillana S.A., first impression 2008 second impression 2010, third impression 2011, fifth impression 2015 Genre: chapter book ISBN 978-9978-29-344-7

El cóndor, el héroe y una historia de independencia Quito: Editorial Alfaguara, Grupo Santillana S.A., first impression 2008, second impression 2010, third impression 2011, fifth impression 2015 Genre: chapter book ISBN 978-9978-29-351-5

Olivia y el unicornio azul Quito: Editorial Alfaguara, Grupo Santillana S.A., first impression 2008, second impression 2009, third impression 2010, fourth impression 2011, fifth impression 2014, seventh impression 2015 Genre: chapter book ISBN 978-9978-29-304-1

Te acompañará el viento Quito: Grupo Editorial NORMA, first impression 2008, second impression 2009, third impression 2010, fourth impression 2011, fifth impression 2012, sixth impression 2013 Genre: chapter book ISBN 978-9978-54-333-7

¿De donde vienen los bebés de las hadas? Quito: Grupo Editorial NORMA, first impression 2008, second impression 2010, third impression 2012, fourth impression 2013 Genre: picture book ISBN 978- 9978-54-308-5

El día de ayer Quito: Alfaguara Juvenil, Grupo Editorial Santillana S.A., first impression 2007, second impression 2008, third impression 2009, fourth impression 2010, fifth impression 2012, sixth impression 2013, seventh impression 2014, eighth impression 2015 Genre: chapter book ISBN 978-9978-29-126-9 The Day of Yesterday WPR Publishing Carlsbad CL United States, first impression 2012, fifth impression 2015 ISBN 978-1-889379-44-9 ASIN: B007SLPXMY (E-book)

Las islas donde nace la Luna Quito: Grupo Editorial Norma, first impression 2007, second impression 2008, third impression 2009, fourth impression 2011, fifth impression 2012, sixth impression 2013 Genre: chapter book ISBN 9978-54-225-6 The Islands Where the Moon is Born Quito: Grupo Editorial Norma, first impression 2007 Genre: chapter book ISBN 978-9978-54-288-0 (out of circulation)

Los hijos de la Guacamaya Quito: Alfaguara Infantil, Grupo Santillana S.A., first impression 2007, second impression 2008, third impression 2009, fourth impression 2010, fourth impression 2011, seventh impression 2014, eighth impression 2015 Genre: chapter book ISBN 978-9978-29-027-9

Un país llamado Ecuador Valencia: ISCOD-País Valenciano, impresión Trabajo Solidario, 2007 (only edition) Genre: short stories

Cuando callaron las armas Bogotá (Internacional) Colombia, México, Argentina, Panamá y Venezuela. Distributed in: El Salvador, y Guatemala. Grupo Editorial Norma, first impression 2007, second impression y third impression 2008, fourth impression 2009, fifth impression 2010, sixth impression 2011, twelfth impression 2015 Genre: short stories ISBN 978-958-45-0249-0 Quito: Alfaguara Juvenil, Grupo Santillana S.A., first impression 2006, second impression 2006, third and fourth impressions 2007, fourth impression 2008, fifth impression 2009, sixth impression 2010, seventh impression 2011, eighth impression 2012 ISBN 9978-07-932-7 Cuando callaron las armas La Habana, Cuba: Editorial Gente Nueva, 2012 ISBN 978-959-08-1451-8 When the Guns Fell Silent WPR Publishing Carlsbad Cal. United Status of America, first impression 2012 ISBN 1889379484 ISBN 978-1889379487

Miteé y el cantar de las ballenas Quito: Alfaguara Infantil, Grupo Santillana S.A., first impression 2005, second impression 2006, third impression 2007, fourth impression 2008, fifth impression 2009, sixth and seventh 2010 impression, eighth impression 2011, ninth impression 2012, Genre: chapter book ISBN 978-9978-07-839-6

Lágrimas de ángeles México DF: Alfaguara Juvenil, Grupo Santillana S.A first impression 2008, first impression 2008, second impression 2008, third impression 2008, fourth impression 2009, fifth impression 2010, sixth impression 2010, seventh impression 2011, eighth impression 2012, ninth impression 2013 Genre: chapter book ISBN 978-970-58-0203 4 Lágrimas de ángeles Bogotá: Alfaguara Juvenil, Grupo Santillana S.A first impression 2007, second impression 2008, tercera y cuarta reimpresión 2009, fourth, fifth, and sixth impression 2010, seventh impression 2011, eighth impression 2012, ISBN 978-958-704-539-0

Lágrimas de ángeles Quito: Alfaguara Juvenil, Grupo Santillana S.A. first impression 2005, second and third impression 2006, fourth impression 2007, fifth impression 2008, sexta y seventh impression 2007, eighth impression 2008, ninth impression 2009, tenth impression 2009, eleventh impression 2010, twelfth impression 2012, thirteenth impression 2012, fourteenth impression 2012, seventieth impression 2014 ISBN 978-6070115820

J.R. Machete Quito: Alfaguara Infantil, Grupo Santillana S.A., first impression 2003, second impression 2004, third impression 2006, fourth impression 2007, fifth impression 2010, sixth impression 2012, seventh impression 2012 Genre: chapter book ISBN 978-9978-07-536-4

Los grandes se irán y los chiquitos se quedarán Quito: Patronato Provincial de Pichincha, 2004 (only edition) Genre: libro álbum ISBN 9978-92-352-7

Entre cóndor y león Quito: Editorial Alfaguara Juvenil, Grupo Santillana S.A., first impression 2004, second impression 2005, third impression 2006, fourth impression 2007, fifth impression 2008, sixth and seventh impression 2010, eighth impression 2011, tenth impression 2012 Genre: chapter book ISBN 9978-07-678-6 ISBN 978-9978-07-678-1

El pirata Barbaloca/El gran secreto Quito: Grupo Editorial Norma, first impression 2003, second impression 2004, tercera y fourth impression 2005, fifth impression 2006, sixth impression 2007, seventh impression 2008, eighth impression 2013 Genre: short stories ISBN 9978-54-068-7

El misterio de las bolitas de colores Quito: Grupo Editorial Norma, first impression 2003, segunda y third impression 2006, third impression 2007, fourth impression 2008, fifth impression 2009, sixth impression 2011, seventh impression 2013, Genre: picture book ISBN 9978-54-081-4

Caminantes del Sol-Inti runañan Lima: Alfaguara Infantil, Grupo Santillana S.A. first impression 2008, second impression 2011, fourth impression 2014 Genre: chapter book ISBN 978-603-4016-74-3 Caminantes del Sol-Inti runañan Quito: Editorial Alfaguara Infantil, Grupo Santillana S.A. first impression 2002, second impression 2003, third impression 2003, fourth impression 2005, fifth impression 2006, sixth impression 2007, seventh impression 2008, eighth impression 2010, ninth impression 2011, décima reimpresión 2012, eleventh impression 2012, twelfth impression 2013 ISBN 9978-07-431-7 ISBN 978-9978-07-431-2

Torbellino Quito: Alfaguara Infantil, Grupo Santillana S.A., first impression 2002, second impression 2003, third impression 2005, fourth impression 2010, fifth impression, sixth impression 2012, fifth impression 2014 ISBN 9978-07-407-4. Torbellino (Big Book) Quito: Alfaguara Infantil, Grupo Santillana S.A., first impression 2001, second impression 2002, third impression 2003 fourth impression 2004 Genre: libro álbum ISBN 9978-07-406-6 Torbellino (Big Book Yellow) Quito: Alfaguara Infantil, Grupo Santillana S.A., first impression 2001 ISBN 9978-07-416-3 Proyecto de aula azul Bogotá: Comeshort stories Santillana, 2005 ISBN 958-24-0916-9

Y su corazón escapó para convertirse en pájaro Quito: Editorial Alfaguara Juvenil, Grupo Santillana S.A., first impression 2001, second impression 2002, third impression 2003, fourth impression 2004, fifth impression 2005, sixth impression 2006, seventh impression 2008, eighth impression 2009, ninth impression 2010, eleventh impression 2011, twelfth impression 2012, thirteenth impression 2013, fourteenth impression 2014 Genre: short stories ISBN 9978-07-331-0 ISBN 978-9978-07-331-5 Y su corazón escapó para convertirse en pájaro México, D.F.: Alfaguara Juvenil, Grupo Santillana S.A., first impression 2005, first impression 2005, second impression 2005 third impression 2007, fourth impression 2008, fifth impression 2009, sixth impression 2010 ISBN 968-19-1517-8 Bogotá: Alfaguara Infantil, grupo Santillana S.A. first impression 2005, second impression 2005, third impression 2005, fourth impression 2007, fifth impression 2008, sixth impression 2009, seventh impression 2010 SBN: 978-958-758-076-1 México: SEP/Aguilar, Altea, Taurus, Alfaguara, first impression 2003 ISBN 968-19-1340-X México, Aguilar, Altea, Taurus, Alfaguara, first impression 2004, second impression 2005, ninth impression 2012 ISBN 970-741-514-2 SEP Y su corazón escapó para convertirse en pájaro La Habana: Editorial Gente Nueva first impression 2011 ISBN 978-959-08-1368-9

Verde fue mi selva Quito: Alfaguara Infantil, Grupo Santillana S.A., first impression 1998, second impression 2001, third impression 2002, fourth impression 2003, fifth impression 2004, sixth impression 2005, seventh impression 2006, eighth impression 2007, novena impresión 2008, décima reimpresión 2009, eleventh impression 2010, twelfth impression 2011, thirteenth impression 2012, fourteenth impression 2012, 17ª reimpresión 2015 Genre: short stories ISBN 9978-07-421-X ISBN 978-9978-07-097-0 México: SEP/Aguilar, Altea, Taurus, Alfaguara, first impression 2005. ISBN 978970790401-9 México: Alfaguara Infantil, Grupo Santillana S.A., First impression 2006, second impression 2006, third impression 2009, fourth impression 2010. ISBN 970-770-306-7 México: SEP/Aguilar, Altea, Taurus, Alfaguara, first impression 2005. ISBN 978970790401-9 Bogotá: Alfaguara Infantil, grupo Santillana S.A. first impression 2006, second impression 2006, third impression 2009, fourth impression 2010, fifth impression 2012 SBN: 978-958-758-076-1 Madrid: Alfaguara Infantil, Grupo Santillana S.A., first impression 2004. ISBN 84-204-0161-7

Ser y Compartir - short stories de valores tres tomos Quito: Ministerio de Educación/UNICEF, first impression 1995 Genre: short stories ISBN 92-806-3164-0. Quito: Editorial Libresa/UNICEF, primera y second impression 1998, segunda y third impression 1999, cuarta y fifth impression 2000, sexta y seventh impression 2001, ninth impression 2002, tenth impression 2005, eleventh impression 2007, twelfth impression, 2008, thirteenth impression 2009, fourteenth impression, 2010 ISBN 9978-80-417-X (out of circulation )

Un día más… y otras historias Quito: Alfaguara Infantil, Grupo Santillana S.A., first impression 2004, second impression 2005, third impression 2006, fourth impression 2007, fifth impression 2008, sexta y séptima impresión 2009, eighth impression 2010, ninth impression 2010, décima reimpresión 2011, eleventh impression 2012, twelfth impression 2012, 16ª reimpresión 2015 Genre: short stories ISBN 9978-07-636-0 Un día más y otras historias Quito: Editorial Ecuador, first impression 1997, second impression 1999. ISBN 9978-40-101-6 Quito: UNICEF, 1993. ISBN 9280628992

Aventura en los Llanganates Quito: Grupo Editorial Norma, first impression 2003, second impression 2004, third impression 2005, cuarta, quinta y sexta reimpresión 2006, séptima y eighth impression 2007, ninth impression impresión 2008, décima reimpresión 2009, 11ª y twelfth impression 2010, décima third impression 2013, décima fourth impression 2014, décima fifth impression 2015 Genre: chapter book ISBN 9978-54-069-5 Aventura en los Llanganates Quito: Fondo Editorial C.C.E. Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, first impression 1993 ISBN 9978-62-048-6 second impression 2000. ISBN 9978-62-173-3

Junto al cielo-short stories sobre Quito Quito: Grupo Editorial Norma, 2009, second impression 2011, third impression 2013 Genre: short stories ISBN 978-99 78-54-387-0

Junto al cielo-short stories sobre Quito Quito: Editorial El Conejo, first impression 2001, second impression 2003, third impression 2004, fourth impression 2006, fifth impression 2007, sexta impresión 2008 Genre: short stories ISBN 9978-87-204-3 Junto al cielo-short stories sobre Quito Quito: Cosmos Editores, 1990 ISBN 9978-82-086-8

Desde el Jardín de las Arañas Doradas Quito: Fondo Editorial C.C.E. Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, 2004 Genre: short stories ISBN 9978-62-329-9 Quito: Editorial Arcoiris, first impression 1986, second impression 1989 (sin ISBN)

ANTOLOGÍAS y Otras publicaciones

Unos segundos más de vida Antología crítica del relato infantil sudamericano Universidad de Concepción Universidad Católica de Maule First impression 2015 Chile ISBN 978-956-227-389-3

Dragones para la cena Revista Elé #62 Zonacuario Ecuador ISSN 1390-3136

Felicidad Antología 20 años del Juego Literario de Medellín First impression 2012 Colombia ISBN 978-958-8562-85-8

Verde fue mi selva/ La barca de la Luna Las voces del genio Antología Cuba, Editorial Abril 2012 ISBN 978-959-210-830-1

La mami más linda del mundo Amo a mi mamá Antología Quito, Editorial Altea Santillana S.A. first impression 2012 ISBN 978-9942-05-296-4

La estrellita que se cayó del cielo Madrid, Grupo Editorial, S.L. Bruño, Balancín Lecturas 2, first impression 2011 ISBN 978-84-216-7012-5

Los días de la Navidad Esperando la Nochebuena Antología Quito, Editorial Altea Santillana S.A. first impression 2011 ISBN 978-9942-05-143-1

Cuando callaron las armas Short stories para jóvenes Antología Ecuador Perú 1998-2011 Universidad del Sur ISBN 978-9584502490

La medalla de oro Letras cómplices Quito, Girándula/IBBY Ecuador ISBN 978-9942-9974-2-5

Mariposas Infanatasia Quito, Ediciones Quito-Lee Municipio de Quito, 2011 ISBN 978-9942-908-02-5

El delfín rosado Revista Infantil Iguana Estados Unidos: Edición abril 2011

Los días de la Navidad Quito: Revista Elé Número 38 Fiesta de short stories Diciembre 2010-2011

Los días de la Navidad México: Revista Mundo Alijme (Asociación de literatura infantil y juvenil México) Año 1 No. 1 Diciembre 2010

La historia de la sonrisa Girándula/IBBY Ecuador Maratón de lectura en hospitales infantiles Quito: 2010

Mariposas El cuento y los cuentashort stories Antología Uruguay: A.U.L.I, (Asociación Uruguaya de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil) 2009 ISBN 9974-552-68-0

Mariposas Short stories por todos los caminos del viento Antología Quito: Mantra Editores, 2009 ISBN 978-9978-353-23-3

Historia de la sonrisa Colección de short stories para Maratón de la Lectura en Hospitales Pediátricos Quito: Girándula, Asociación de escritores de literatura infantil y juvenil, 2008

Cuando la tierra era nueva Calendario de valores Quito: UNICEF/Girándula/IBBY Ecuador 2007

La reina de los piratas Las palabras pueden, los escritores y la infancia Bogotá: UNICEF/PMA (Programa Mundial de Alimentos) first impression 2007 ISBN 978-92-806-4160-8

Lagarto no come a lagarto Short stories para soñar un país Quito: UNICEF, 2007 ISBN 978-92-806-4134-9

El día que desaparecieron las montañas Genre: cuento Quito: Verde Revista Ecológica Fundación Fidal No. 5 septiembre/octubre 2006

Torbellino Proyecto de aula azul Bogotá: Comeshort stories Santillana, 2005 ISBN 958-24-0916-9

Los Sapísimos Detectives Quito: Revista Elé enero 2004/ 2008 (trimensual) Genre: historieta

El delfín rosado Ecuador short stories de mi país Antología Quito: Alfaguara Infantil, Grupo Santillana S.A., first impression 1996, second impression 1997, third impression 1998, fourth impression 1999, fifth impression 2000, sexta impresión 2002, séptima impresión 2003, octava impresión 2004 ISBN 9978-07-095-8

Hadas Genre: cuento Quito: Revista Tintají No. 6 abril 2004

Cosas de hombres Letra activa Quito: Grupo Editorial Norma, first impression 2002, second impression, 2003, third impression, 2005 ISBN 9978-54-055-5 ISBN 9978-54-0822

Se busca a un niño Jesús De pesebres, poemas y piruetas Quito: Unión de escritoras y escritores de literatura infantil, UDELI, 1996

El delfín rosado Ecuador short stories de mi país Antología Quito: Editorial Alfaguara, Grupo Santillana S.A. first impression 1996, second impression 1998, third impression 2001

La guerra ¿Quieres que te lo cuente otra vez? Antología de short stories infantiles latinoamericanos. Quito: UNICEF/Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, 1995 ISBN 92-8063199-3

La carrera Sueños y palabras Quito: Grupo Editorial Norma, first impression 1994, second impression 1996. ISBN 958-04-3370-4

OTRAS PUBLICACIONES

Oh la Historia trala, la, la… Quito: Revista Ecológica Infantil La Cometa, Diario Hoy 1984 a 1992 Genre: historieta

Los Eco Chicos Quito: Revista Ecológica Infantil La Cometa, Diario Hoy, 1984 a 1992 Genre: historieta

Los sapísimos detectives Quito: Revista Ecológica Infantil La Cometa, Diario Hoy, 1983 a 1992 Genre: historieta

La patrulla del páramo Quito: Revista Ecológica Infantil La Cometa, Diario Hoy 1983 a 1992 Genre: historieta

Revista Semanal Infantil La Cometa Quito: Publicado por Hoy en la Educación 1982 a 1993 (572 ediciones)

Short stories ecuatorianos Quito: Revista Panorama Diario El Comercio Genre: cuento

Trapito el perrito vagabundo No. 40 Mayo 14 de 1981

La cajita musical No. 39 Abril 30 de 1981

Al otro lado del arcoíris No. 38 Abril 16 de 1981

Un cusumbo muy especial No. 37 Abril 2 de 1981

La fiesta de los enanitos No. 35 Marzo 12 1981

El niño y el general No. 34 Marzo 5 1981

El espantapájaros bondadoso No. 32 Febrero 5 de 1981

Panchista la hipopótamo balletista No. 29 Enero 8 de 1981