Piranha, an extraordinary kitten: A story about Down syndrome

PIRANHA, AN EXTRAORDINARY KITTEN

Piranha the kitten is different from the other kittens. He has rounder eyes, he can't jump as high, sometimes he wets himself... He just wants to be like the rest of the kittens. One day he meets Mint, a puppy who also has Down syndrome, and who explains to him that they are not strange, they are extraordinary, and that with help and a little more time, they can achieve what any other cat or dog can do, and that they also have a lot to share with their cat or dog friends.

Piranha, is a story that will help children understand and accept Down syndrome, and will promote in them the values of solidarity, respect and collaboration. In this way, they will learn that everything can be achieved with a little help, understanding, and some good friends, and that we do not all learn the same, or at the same pace. .

THE AUTHOR:

Silvia Blázquez is a nursery and primary school teacher. It is thanks to her work in the classroom and to the contact she has had with very young children that the creation of this and other stories has been possible, since they represent her best source of inspiration. Her stories are clearly didactic in nature, with strong values, aimed at teaching children about different realities from an early age, and, through children's literature, helping them to understand them better. .

THE ILLUSTRATOR:

Laura Blázquez Pelaz is a very young illustrator, who at only 13 years of age brought the characters of the story to life in its first edition. Two years later, she worked on this second edition, digitizing all the characters and filling this beautiful story about Down syndrome with colour.