Luna's Press Fund- Olita y Manyula
About Luna's Press Books:
We are a new small press and seek your help to print and distribute our first children's book Olita y Manyula El gran cumpleaños / Olita and Manyula, The Big Birthday. This book is from our new collection of children’s books, promoting Latin-American culture and history. As a press we are looking towards to a future of publishing children's stories that reflect Latin American themes that children will be eager to read and proudly relate to .
This story is written by Jorge Argueta and is beautifully illustrated by El Aleph Sánchez.
After many months of production, we are ready to go print. We are thankful to the people who have donated their talents with us including professional editors, proofreaders, production artists, graphic designers and educators.
Why we need funding:
We now have to cover the printing, shipping and distibution costs, so if you find it in your heart to help out the press, we will really appriciate it.
Book Summary:
Olita visits El Salvador from the United States. Her cousin, friends and aunt invite her to Manyula’s birthday party. On the way to the party they walk through the San Jacinto neighborhood under the warm rain, jumping over puddles. When they arrive at the party, Olita receives a gigantic surprise. Everyone has a great time watching Manyula dance and eat her huge cake. This is the big birthday party Olita will never forget.
About Manyula the ElephantManjula, in Hindi means sweet voice. The salvadoran people baptized her Manyula. This precious elephant came to live in El Salvador at the tender age of five. She became so popular that the government presented her with her own identification card naturalizing her Salvadoran. For fifty years, Manyula made people of all generations happy. She lived through earthquakes, landslides and even a revolution alongside the salvadoran people. This book celebrates Manyula’s life, salvadoran culture and history.
Sobre Manyula la elefanta:
En el idioma hindú Manjula significa muchacha de voz dulce. El pueblo salvadoreño la bautizó Manyula. Esta preciosa elefanta llegó a vivir a El Salvador cuando apenas tenía cinco años. Manyula se volvió tan popular que el gobierno le otorgó la identificación necesaria para convertirla en ciudadana de El Salvador. Durante cincuenta años, Manyula alegró el corazón de grandes y chicos. Manyula vivió terremotos, deslaves y hasta una revolución junto al pueblo salvadoreño. Esta publicación celebra la vida de Manyula, la cultura y la historia salvadoreña.