Little Dula wants to be the fastest. He works peeling fish and he tries every morning, along with other working kids, to be the first to reach the  finish line, their working place. Sometimes he achieves it, but not always, only if he had something to eat the night before.

Fundación Cuatrogatos Award 2017

“Just like other kids in the planet, Dula must work really hard during very long working days to help his family survive in a village in Africa. Every morning, he runs along with his friends to see who reaches first the finishing line: their working place. Dula dreams of having the speed of a cheetah, of winning all competitions and of being acclaimed in a stadium. This book speaks with an accurate language and illustrations with a remarkable poetry about extreme poverty and child exploitation, but also about dreams and warm family bond. A social and imaginary universe recreated with intelligence, sensitivity and formal expertise” (Cuatrogatos).

Third prize at the Illustration Fair in the Arab Emirates, 2017.

Finalist in The Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition at the Children Book Fair of Shanghai.