Second Book: 21 Days/21 días
21 Days/21 Días
This is the story behind this SECOND BOOK called 21 Days/21 días. The photographer Michael Searles, friend and neighbor in Chapala-Mexico, was sharing with me his knowledge on photography. A year later, I was sharing with him and his wife, Deirdre, some photos and one of the drafts of the FIRST BOOK Are You My Papa?/¿Eres tú mi papá. I was fortunate to have Deirdre commenting that, as a retired kindergarten teacher, using my photos for a picture book to help kids develop language literacy and creative skills was also something to be considered. Her idea was more visual content and less words. I took her advise and the book 21 Days/21 días can teach kids about:
—ideas of science such as the time an egg takes to hatch;
—professions (fishermen, carpenters, policemen, taxi drivers, etc.)
—places (fruit market, restaurants, etc.)