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Jairo Buitrago

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Jairo Buitrago

  • 4 stars across 10 books
    21st April 2022

    Drawing Outdoors

    "This inspired story about the magic of art, nature, and educators is a breath of fresh air.” —Booklist “Full of wonder... More

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    1st September 2022

    Ways to Make Friends

    This “sublime picture book” (Kirkus STARRED Review) offers a hilarious and insightful guide to making new friends at you... More

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    4th April 2013

    Lion and Mouse

    Lion and Mouse are friends - but as everyone knows, Lion is bigger, stronger and more handsome! Not even Lion is perfect... More

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    12th November 2015

    Two White Rabbits

    In this moving and timely story, a young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel no... More

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    13th April 2017

    Walk with Me

    A simple, imaginative story depicting the complex emotional reality of a girl whose father no longer lives at home. The ... More

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    14th June 2012

    Jimmy the Greatest! /pdf

    Listed as one of the Best Children's Books of 2012 by Kirkus, honored with the Horn Book Fanfare, and selected for the S... More

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    12th April 2018

    On the Other Side of the Garden

    “Those who feel physically or emotionally distant from beloved adults will take comfort in the idea that there are other... More

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    27th October 2020

    Cave Paintings

    Our hero travels all alone on a spaceship, through the universe, past galaxies, comets and planets to go visit his gra... More

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    21st October 2021

    Wounded Falcons

    A story about the heart-opening effect that taking care of a wounded creature has on a wounded boy, from acclaimed pictu... More

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    15th June 2023

    Afterward, Everything was Different: A Tale of the Pleistocene

    From the creators of Drawing Outdoors, which was praised as “full of wonder” (Kirkus ★) and a “fanciful intermingling of... More

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    • Ways to Make Friends

      Ways to Make Friends

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      Ways to Make Friends by Jairo Buitrago, illustrated by Mariana Ruiz Johnson and translated by Elisa Amado

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    • Drawing Outdoors

      Drawing Outdoors

      When I read this book to my little sister, she didn’t understand that the children in the story were using their imagination to draw dinosaurs. She wa...

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