Margarita del Mazois a writer and storyteller who is greatly admired in Spain. She has almost twenty books to her name, many of which have been translated into other languages. Among them are the bestsellersCamuasandThe Flock(El rebaoin Spanish), winning the Madrid Booksellers Guild Award and the Miami Cuatrogatos Foundation Award for best illustrated children's book. Guridiis an artist from Sevilla (Spain). Since 1995, he's worked and experimented professionally almost every aspect of design, image and advertisement. He's published over seventy books. His work is highly valued in Spain, while also being recognized abroad. His books have been published in USA, France, Germany, Italy, Libano... He currently combines his work as teacher with his career as a children's book illustrator.
Charlie sets out to fearlessly represent both the smaller kids in the world and the eyeglass wearing ones (I don’t have a Venn diagram in front of me right now, but I suspect that there’s a fair amount of overlap between these two categories). But it wasn’t until I started reading some of the selections of these books that I fell in love with Charlie and his odd little world – A Fuse 8 Productions. Underscored with the theme of friendship, emotions, feelings, and self-esteem, ""Charlie's Great Big Backpack"" by the team of author/storyteller Margarita del Mazo and artist/illustrator Guridi, is a fun read from start to finish. While especially and unreservedly recommended for family, daycare care center, preschool, elementary school, and community library Life Lessons picture book collections for children ages 3-7 – Midwest Book Reviews-Children's Bookwatch. Another triumphant adventure for this ever-striving hero to the bespectacled and undersized – Kirkus. The adventures of Carlitos are stories of childhood innocence, joy, friendship, school, and more. These books will bring laughs to readers of all ages – Youth Services Book Review.