Niel & his toys
Ebooks for boys and girls who start reading
From 3 to 6 years
Where are you going, Youme?
When Niel plays with Youme, he imagines that Youme is playing too. Niel teaches him to walk.
Youme runs away, he hides and he waits to see what will happen next…
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And the monkey, too?
Niel arrives home with Lucy on his shoulders.
Youme doesn´t like the new monkey, not even a little bit.
But Lucy, like a good little monkey, slowly but surely makes him her friend.
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Daily stories of four endearing characters to accompany the children in their first readings!
The stories of ‘Niel & his toys’ put four personages into play: Niel, a 4-year-old boy who encourages his two teddies to play: Youme, the loving little bear and Lucy, the coquette mona. But Vip also appears, a penguin drawn very surreal that has come out of a book about the world of penguins.
Vip, the penguin
A little bit of magic happens when Niel, Lucy and Youme are reading a story book. Suddenly, the picture of Vip the penguin jumps out of the book.
Everyone wants him to do tricks with a ball but Vip shows them that he’s even better at swimming and doing pirouettes in the water.
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Again!
Niel brings some blocks to play with. When all the pieces are used up everyone wants each other’s blocks.
Maybe with all the blocks together they can build an even taller tower?
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In most of the stories Niel proposes daily activities to his friends: go for a walk, make buildings, play with the ball, make a party, draw, clean … and from here, the emotional expressions of the characters appear: jealousy, the need for a kiss before going to sleep, fear, anger, impatience or generosity before the arrival of a little brother … Whatever the theme and plot of the story, the illustrations represent the expression of the feelings and emotions that usually affect children of the first ages.
Why are you crying?
When Niel puts his toys down to sleep for the night Youme starts to cry. Nothing Niel gives him makes Youme feel any better until at last Niel remembers that he had forgotten to give Youme a goodnight kiss!
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Niel’s new shoes
The toys decide to try on Niel´s new shoes. Each one has their own special way of walking in them.
Vip flies out of the window to have a spin in the fresh air before he returns to his book to show all the other penguins how smart he looks.
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Pia Vilarrubias: author, illustrator and teacher
Pia Vilarrubias starts in the illustration in the early 1970s from a long stay in Geneva that allows her to expand her training at the Jean-Jacques Rousseau Institute. At the attached school, the “École Maternelle Maison des Petits”, Pia comes into contact with the most innovative psycho-pedagogical currents of the moment. The thought of Jean Piaget will give her a new look on how to understand education and the profession of teacher. From that moment she unites his double vocation, as illustrator and pedagogue, to create a collection of short drawn stories. Illustrated books plenty of metaphors that allow connecting children and adults with the affectivity and daily situations of children. She has 50 stories published so far.
