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La Niña que caminaba entre Aromas
Written by: Ariel Andres Almada  Illustrated by: Sonja Wimmer

This is a story of a cute little red head girl, that learns to navigate through life with out sight through smells that are around her house. She goes beyond that and discovers she has an excellent sense of smell, with the help of her grandmother she develops into a great cook and even she can tell what spices would help people and their problems. Then one day a person comes and she can not cure, or can she? Read this book and find out who and how she helps. A very cute story, worth reading, the pictures are fantastic and it helps tell the story so much, it is a tender and fun book, a must read book!

Este es un cuento de una preciosa niña peliroja, que aprende a navegar su vida sin tener vista por medio de aromas que hay en su casa, como el olor de su gato, para no pisarle la cola, y asi aprende hasta que ya esta jovencita. Su abuela la ayuda a aprender a cocinar y descubre que puede hacer maravillas, que incluso puede combinar especias  que ayudan a las personas a sentirse bien y vienen a verla desde pueblos cercanos. Pero un dia recibe a alguien al que trata todas sus recetas y no puede ayudar, por meses viene todo el tiempo a verla y no lo puede ayudar, hay que leer este libro para saber como le ayuda. Este es un cuento que vale la pena leerlo, muy tierno y ameno. Las ilustraciones son excelentes y ayudan mucho a contar el cuento. ¡Es uno de los cuentos que hay que leer!

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