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Head in the Clouds

Head in the Clouds

by Rocío Araya, translated from Spanish by Sarah Moses

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Sofía goes to school every day but she still has a lot of questions. Why are grown-ups always in a rush? What number comes after infinity? Sofía’s teacher says she has her head in the clouds, she’s seeing birds. In collages of graph paper, worksheets, and newsprint, punctuated by scratches of graphite and bold swaths of bright paint, Sofía’s world springs to life. When she gives one of her birds to her teacher, her teacher’s monochrome world of blank paper and gray lines bursts into color, affirming the joy and necessity of always being curious. Inquisitive children, with a supply of questions as limitless as their imagination, will recognize themselves in Sofía, delighting in pondering her questions – and in coming up with more of their own.

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Series: Elsewhere Editions
ISBN: 9781953861900
Pages: 38
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Praise

Araya’s mixed-media art beautifully captures the controlled chaos of the mind of a child . . . [Head in the Clouds is] a graceful look at the power of harnessing the limitless possibilities of life.
Kirkus Reviews

Araya, making her English-language debut in this work reminiscent of Jostein Gaarder’s Questions Asked, imagines a dreamy student and an on-task teacher clashing in the classroom . . . Fine art spreads combine sly, childlike line drawing, collage, and fiercely stroked paint that suggests the greens of institutional corridors and the free, endless blue of the sky.
Publishers Weekly

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