Jessica Spilla 
Back and forth 

The baby goes for a walk and goes to the square with his mother and sister. A world of discoveries opens up before him: the smell of the plants, the sound of the wind passing through the leaves of the trees, the sound of the birds screaming ahead. And at the end, a surprise: how will the baby’s day end? ‘Back and forth’ is a book written especially for babies and young children, who will identify with this baby protagonist who plays, explores, has fun, and discovers nature, others, and himself. But it’s also a work that thinks about the adult who mediates the reading, because it recalls childhood memories, explores sensations, and reminds us how important it is to appreciate what we might not realize because of our day-to-day routine.
YOU’D LIKE TO KNOW THAT… This book has been awarded the Nature Inside seal because of its concern for the environment and environmental education for children and young people. Following the guidelines of Agenda 2030/UN and UNESCO, the book promotes the reader’s integration with the nature that exists around them in large urban centers.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT… This book is friendly to readers with dyslexia, as the font used is Open Dyslexic, making reading more enjoyable for everyone. The text is in capital letters, which also helps readers who are in the process of becoming literate.
WHY READ IT? It’s a book that brings children’s protagonism to the fore and values living with nature in a light and purposeful way, encouraging reading aloud and family reading.
THEMES: baby book, picture book, child development, childhood, nature, children and nature, senses.

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JESSICA SPILLA is the author of children’s and young adult books. Her books have been selected by the Brazilian Ministry of Education and distributed to schools all over the country. Jessica specialized in English Language (translation) in London, England, and has a Master’s degree in Children’s Literature from the University of Aveiro, Portugal. She currently lives in São Paulo and her two children are her greatest inspirations.
Her day-to-day life with her children reveals details of her childhood that she tries to transpose into her books for babies and young children, with an emphasis on nature and valuing family life.
Through Pangolin Books, Jessica has published two award-winning books: ‘Back and forth’, a book that encourages babies to interact with nature, and ‘In search in the lost past’, her first juvenile book written when she was only 14 and one of the publisher’s bestsellers.
Jessica was awarded the Nature Inside seal for her concern for bringing children closer to nature through children’s literature, promoting meaningful environmental education from an early age.