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Roitman Trillo is an author and photographer whose art is inspired by the beauty in nature and her love for children. Through her books she hopes to encourage children with positive life lessons.
She has worked as a graphic designer for over a decade and loves, loves illustrating children's books. After becoming a mother, she was inspired to write short stories for her daughter to teach her to admire the beauty in nature.
Her recent title, Caterpillar's Dream, has just been translated into spanish. The new spanish edition, La Oruga SoƱadora Quiere Volar, is sold at Barnes and Noble and Amazon for 99 cents.
Reviewed by Kristie Ingerto for Readers' Favorite
"Caterpillar's Dream", written and illustrated by Roitman Trillo, is a children's story teaching patience. Abby is a caterpillar and she is happy, but she longs to be able to fly as the highest she can get is to the top of a leaf that she climbs. Abby prays and a bird comes and has her climb on her back and takes her flying, and she is able to see the world in a whole new way. One morning Abby awakes to find that she has wings. She is now a butterfly and she is free to fly herself and she is happy to be herself.
Trillo's illustrations are so vibrant and beautiful throughout this book! The first time I read this, I was in awe of the colors and details and I had to read the book again as the first time I focused so much on the illustrations! With just a sentence or two to each page, this book gets the point across to young children and will hold their attention. Patience is a virtue that is often lacking and something that we all need to work on and this story is a cute reminder of this. There is also a faith aspect thrown into the story as well when Abby prays for someone to help her and her prayer is answered by a bird arriving and offering to take her on a flight; this is a good reminder as well for children and adults alike. This is a beautiful story with a great lesson for all!
