Magic Once Upon a Faraway Land
“Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Land” by Mirelle Ortega is a picture book published by Cameron + Company in 2022. This 40-page work presents the author’s personal narrative of growing up near her family’s pineapple farm in Mexico, exploring the concept of magic through the lens of transformation and change.
Readers will find a rich exploration of themes such as family, lifestyle, and the experiences of Hispanic and Latino communities. The book delves into the various forms of magic that can arise from both uncontrollable events, like natural disasters, and personal growth, illustrating how everyday elements can be transformed into something extraordinary. Through her illustrations and storytelling, Ortega invites readers to reflect on the beauty of change and the magic inherent in life.
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In Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Land, her acclaimed debut as author and illustrator, Mirelle Ortega shares her own story of growing up near her family’s pineapple farm in Mexico, where she learned the true meaning of magic.
A 2023 Pura Belpré Youth Illustration Honor Book
Growing up on a pineapple farm in Mexico, a girl discovers the true meaning of the word magic in this truly magical picture book about change and transformation of all kinds–what we can’t control, such as natural disasters and loss, and what we can. Magic can transform dirt into pineapples, seeds into trees, wool into blankets, words into stories, blank pages into pictures and stories into book.
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