Portuguese Authors’ Society Award 2013 

Best Picture Book Amadora BD 2013

Achimpa


The Mysterious Word 
2012


   

One day, a researcher came across a new word: achimpa! Nobody knew its meaning or the word class it belonged to. Still, people started using the word and everyone achimped and would achimp forever, if it wasn’t for a linguist who showed up in this story...


EDITIONS
Portuguese
Orfeu Negro, 2012

French
Hélium, 2013

Italian
La Nuova Frontiera, 2013

Swedish
Urax Förlag, 2014

Brazilian Portuguese
WMF Martins Fontes, 2014

Hungarian
Vivandra Könyvek, 2015

German
Knesebeck, 2015

Spanish
Limonero, 2015

English
Epigram Books, 2016

Polish
Dwie Siostry, 2017

Turkish
Can Çocuk, 2018

Simplified Chinese
Trustbridge, 2018


AWARDS

Portuguese Authors’ Society Award
Best Children’s Book, 2013
Amadora BD – International Comics Festival
Best Picture Book Illustration, 2013

Soligatto
Finalist, 2015
Cuatrogatos Foundation Prize
Winner, 2016








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