Portuguese Authors’ Society Award 2013
Best Picture Book Amadora BD 2013
Achimpa
Ashimpa, the Mysterious Word
2012
Chaos and confusion ensue when a new word comes to town.
One day, a researcher makes an important discovery. A mysterious word buried in an old dictionary: ASHIMPA!
Quickly the news spreads. Everyone wants to use the new word, but no one knows what it means or even what part of speech it belongs to. A 137-year-old is certain that it’s a verb: people ashimped and would always ashimp. A linguist is convinced it’s a noun. Soon there would be people who claimed to have seen live ashimpas—and in color. “They still exist abroad. They’re green!”
Ashimpa is the story of a word that takes on a life of its own, leading young readers through the ashimpish life and grammar of a mysterious word.
EDITIONS
One day, a researcher makes an important discovery. A mysterious word buried in an old dictionary: ASHIMPA!
Quickly the news spreads. Everyone wants to use the new word, but no one knows what it means or even what part of speech it belongs to. A 137-year-old is certain that it’s a verb: people ashimped and would always ashimp. A linguist is convinced it’s a noun. Soon there would be people who claimed to have seen live ashimpas—and in color. “They still exist abroad. They’re green!”
Ashimpa is the story of a word that takes on a life of its own, leading young readers through the ashimpish life and grammar of a mysterious word.
EDITIONS
Portuguese
Orfeu Negro, 2012
French
Hélium, 2013
Italian
La Nuova Frontiera, 2013
Swedish
Urax Förlag, 2014
Brazilian Portuguese
WMF Martins Fontes, 2014
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, 201
English (Singapore and Malaysia)
Epigram Books, 2016
Polish
Dwie Siostry, 2017
Vivandra Könyvek, 2015
German
Knesebeck, 2015
Spanish
Limonero, 201
English (Singapore and Malaysia)
Epigram Books, 2016
Polish
Dwie Siostry, 2017
Turkish
Can Çocuk, 2018
Simplified Chinese
Trustbridge, 2018
Filipino
Milflores, 2025
English (Philippines)
Milflores, 2025
English (rest of the world)
Transit Books, 2025
Can Çocuk, 2018
Simplified Chinese
Trustbridge, 2018
Filipino
Milflores, 2025
English (Philippines)
Milflores, 2025
English (rest of the world)
Transit Books, 2025
AWARDS
Portuguese Authors’ Society Award
Best Children’s Book, 2013
Best Children’s Book, 2013
Amadora BD – International Comics Festival
Best Picture Book Illustration, 2013
Soligatto
Finalist, 2015
Best Picture Book Illustration, 2013
Soligatto
Finalist, 2015
Cuatrogatos Foundation Prize
Winner, 2016
Winner, 2016