Recently we presented you with a book that gave you some clue as to what your son would do if they gave him a penguin. Well, today we want to publicize another children's story that has no characters or humans or animals.
What are the protagonists then? Well, neither more nor less than two geometric figures: a square and several circles. Probably some of you will already know where the argument for this beautiful children's play entitled, how could it be otherwise, "For four corners of nothing" by Jérôme Ruillier.
And, if you look, of the two geometric figures that appear in the story, the only one that is different from the rest is the square. This is the starting point of this book on friendship, difference and exclusion marked by a very original graphic proposal.
The story introduces us to Cuadradito, who wants to play at the home of his Redonditos friends. But it is not as easy as it seems, since Cuadradito fails to pass through the door because ... the door is round like his friends! Together they will be giving different solutions to the conflict to get Cuadradito into the house to play. Will they find the right solution ...?
This book is very special for me because it was a gift from a family with whom I was working for a long time and, although each person who reads it can reach their own conclusions (as it happens in the great majority of children's stories), I do not I can avoid comparing Cuadradito with my children.
On a personal level, I believe that today's society is making many important efforts to adapt children to the world, something that is very good. But many times we forget that maybe sometimes things are not like that, and it is the world who must adapt to them ...
"For four corners of nothing" by Jérôme Ruillier It is a very original children's book in which we can see how, through illusion and energy of the illustrations, we must let each one be as it is and that, although everyone is different from the others, in the end, we all have many things in common.
