Saulo Ribas 
Cléo and the mapinguari 

Cléo is a girl like any other: she goes to school, has her friends, and lives with her family, but one morning something strange happens and she no longer feels the same. Displaced from her friends, she finds a true companion in Tom, a boy with crooked feet who is always apart from the others. Together, they embark on a huge adventure to help Pingo find her way home. But who really is Pingo? In the book ‘Cléo and the Mapinguari’, the reader will find an adventure of alliance and friendship between a cuca, a curupira, and a mapinguari who, deep down, are children like all the others.
YOU’D LIKE TO KNOW THAT… The book gives a leading role to characters from Brazilian folklore in an adventurous story full of feelings, which dialogues with contemporary children and is sure to hook the reader from start to finish! There is a worldwide movement in children’s literature to rescue and re-signify characters from local folklore and culture, to stimulate the necessary cultural appropriation by children and young people.
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.
WHY READ IT? This is an illustrated book whose characters go through various challenges and, together, try to overcome them. Friendship and overcoming are themes addressed, as well as the discovery of self and the other and the issue of bullying.
THEMES: picture book, Brazilian folklore, saci-pererê, Brazilian legends.

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SAULO RIBAS is a scriptwriter, art director, and author of illustrated books for children and young people. He has worked for important Brazilian magazines as a designer and was one of the creators of Mundo do Sítio, the digital platform about the characters of Sítio do Pica Pau Amarelo, based on the work of Monteiro Lobato — the most renowned author of Brazilian children’s literature. He currently works on audiovisual documentaries, recording the lives and work of different professionals.
The series ‘Cléo and her friends’, published by Pangolin Books, is the result of Saulo’s desire to present children with a fun book featuring characters from Brazilian folklore in a contemporary story full of adventure. His work with children’s books is recognized by the Brazilian Ministry of Education and his books have already been distributed to schools all over the country.
Saulo received the Nature Inside seal for his concern for bringing children closer to nature through children’s literature, promoting environmental education full of meaning from an early age.
Find out more about his work at: https://www.instagram.com/sauloribas/
XAVIER BARTABURU is a journalist, photographer, musician, composer, and conductor. He researches and disseminates Brazilian art and culture and has published dozens of books on the subject. In addition, with the musical group Nhambuzin, he conducts musical research into popular rhythms from all over the country. As an author of children’s books, he always exalts the characteristics of Brazil in his works: the landscapes, the fauna, the flora, and the Brazilian people. He is one of the best-selling authors in the country with his works that revive Brazilian folklore.
For Pangolin Books, he has published ‘Cléo and the mapinguari’, ‘Cléo and the mermaids’ and ‘Animals from here’. Xavier was awarded the Nature Inside seal for his concern for bringing children closer to nature through children’s literature, promoting a fully-designated environmental education from an early age.
Find out more about his work at: https://www.instagram.com/xavierbartaburu/