A little girl wants to listen to some sounds that her friend can’t hear: the rain, the tree, the bird… To do so, you need to pay a lot of attention, ant to be quiet for a while.

A picture book to listen to it and to discover those sounds that touch the reader. A story for those children that have their eyes and ears wide open.

“Be quiet for a while is what we say when we want to hear something that interest us. Be quiet for a while is what we will say to those that try to bother us while we are reading this extraordinary book” (La Oreja Verde, La Nueva España).

“I wish to play the role of María. I write it down in my wish list. It is my greatest desire. I close the envelope and I put it on the windowsill”.

The desire the little girl has to play María’s role in the live nativity scene is so big. But, because she is new in the class she can’t chose the role she must play. However, it is Christmas time and whishes are fulfilled!

“A story about integration that serves as a tool to improve children education. Do not allow yourself to be influenced by prejudices and never lose your hope. You can get everything you want if you are determined to get it” (Canal Lector).

“… Ricther’s prose (…) surprises us in each sentence; it shines a light on us with a tender children logic, puzzling and evocative” (Babar magazine).

“Rarely a text is so successfully illustrated like this short, weighty piece of literature” (Süddeustche Zeitung).