At International Children's and Youth Book Day, which celebrates the birth date of the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen, the Kalandraka Publishing House is committed to offering a coherent catalog and renews its commitment to the edition of titles that seduce and endure over time. In a time of technological change, of contraction of the market and containment of consumption, the publishing house acts to conserve and increase the number of readers while claiming greater visibility of children's and youth literature.
That's why he publishes the Sendak masterpiece in all Spanish languages. The work is called Where the monsters live and it is a special edition that reproduces with greater fidelity the original illustrations. This work is considered the perfect illustrated album because of the connection between text and image and with an original layout. Where the monsters live It has become a classic since its first edition in 1963 and 50 years ago it received the Caldecott Medal, to which many more awards have followed.
The kitchen at nightThis reissue of Where the monsters live arrives after the publication of The kitchen at night, with the aim of recovering the artistic and literary legacy of this author. This year Sendak of the Kalandraka Publishing House will continue during 2014 and will arrive in 2015 with the translation of Outside over there, which completes the trilogy started with the first two and still remains unpublished on the Peninsula and with the publication of the collections Teddy Y Mini-library.
