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“With Spanish words peppering the story, found in the illustrations, and always apparent from the context, this is an ebullient story winningly told and with a very unusual angle: older man moves through grief and finds a new friend. Readers see enough of Quica to adore her, too, and this is a side of married life-aging but animated, curious about everything, deeply in love-that is not often glimpsed in picture books.”

– School Library Journal

The Ghost of the Blanes Museum

Written by Lau Moraiti
Illustrated by Lau Moraiti
Published by Paw Prints

Clara is a ghost living in the now-museum that was once her home. But being a ghost is lonely and Clara craves the connection she once enjoyed. Music is her only comfort, and practicing when she thinks no one is around makes her feel most alive. Little does she know, someone is listening. The museum’s security guard, Rodriguez, who is as lonely as she.

This is a story about the power of applause and the capacity for healing when you have a good friend by your side.

Look for the Spanish version, El Fantasma del Museo Blanes.

Primary ISBN: 9781223188119
Publication Date: May 2024
Available As: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook
Picture Book, Age 06 or older

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Setting: Uruguay (Montevideo)

Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: Home Country

Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience

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