Aloma & Jessica Spilla 
Seeing the wind 

Where is the wind? Why can’t we see the wind? A very curious little girl doesn’t understand why the wind is there, but she can’t see it. From her window, she observes the movement of the street, the people passing by and the animals on earth and in the sky, but what she really wants is to find out where the wind is and how to find it.
‘Seeing the wind’ is a book for young children that stimulates the senses through both the text and the illustrations, inviting the reader to observe and feel the action of the wind and to understand how it interacts with everything around us. With humor and sensitivity, the story plays with the perceptions of young children and, in the end, brings a big surprise for the reader.
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 values the reader’s integration with the nature that exists around them, promoting the perception of its elements also in the urban environments of large cities.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT… This book is friendly to readers with dyslexia, as the font used is Open Dyslexic, to make 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? Children love to feel the wind and in this story, they’ll have fun with the little girl who notices the wind but can’t feel it. Why does this happen? And at the end, there are tips on games to enjoy the wind and discover the nature that exists all around us.
THEMES: picture books, nature, perception, senses, discovering yourself and nature, family reading.
THEMES: fiction, picture book, book about wind, nature, children and nature, senses.

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ALOMA is an author, translator, and publisher of children’s books. She has dedicated more than 20 years to children’s literature and books for children. Her work has been recognized by the Brazilian Ministry of Education, the UNESCO Chair Seal, and the ODS Reading Club Library, a project created by the UN-Agenda 2030. She writes illustrated books with simple texts and word games that delight babies and children, promoting family reading and the actions of the Global Alliance for Literacy (UNESCO) for family reading.
Aloma lives in the green, undulating mountains of the Serra da Mantiqueira, accompanied by her family and her amazing dogs. That’s why her books value nature, the environment, and historical and cultural heritage, a tribute to childhood and to children growing up and discovering the world around them.
Aloma is one of the best-selling authors of children’s books in Brazil, having sold over 6 million books during her career. She is currently one of the leading baby book authors in Brazil and has published more than 50 books, leading Pangolin Books as CEO, curator, translator, designer, and author.
Aloma received the Nature Inside seal for her concern for bringing children closer to nature through children’s literature, promoting environmental education full of meaning from the earliest age.
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.