This book was awarded the Premio Isaac Díaz Pardo and was also selected as a White Raven by the Library for Young Readers of Munich. This is the story of how a boy travels to a place in the Sahara. There he meets Grandma Ugago, who was a powerful magician. She tells him stories of her people, the Children of the Clouds. This is a story full of magic and mystery that speaks of a legendary culture forged in the desert. Paula Carballeira describes this book as “a proposal of melancholy, with a certain dose of lyricism, a vindication of sorts of that sadness that makes us grow on the inside”.

Carole Hénaff reflected the rustic aspect of this people with acrylic on wood collage illustrations, using the texture of materials and the lively typical colours of cloths, ceramic and spices. The inspiration comes from a personal experience as she travelled to Morocco several times and gathered beautiful notebooks full of drawings in which she revealed the feelings of “impression and respect” that the Sahara produced in her. The illustrations take us to a sea of sand where the eyes get lost in the horizon and time stands still. “And despite being alone in this immensity, one feels a presence… that of silence”. The result is a sublime and simple work with a touch of surrealism and mystery.