Escrito por Francesca Cavallo, autora de Cuentos de buenas noches para niñas rebeldes, uno de los libros más vendidos según el New York Times.

Esta es la verdadera historia de Jean-Baptiste Alaize.
Ahora, un atleta excepcional y saltador de largo, Jean-Baptiste perdió su pierna derecha cuando tenía solo tres años durante la guerra civil en Burundi. Cuando conoció a su padre adoptivo, Robert, Jean-Baptiste nunca antes había visto a un hombre blanco. Pero crearon un lazo porque también su padre había perdido la pierna derecha en un accidente años antes. A través de la historia de este atleta extraordinario, The Long Jump aborda temas como la adopción transracial, vivir con una discapacidad, encontrar el propio propósito y alcanzar sus sueños.

Atlelas Paralímpicos es una serie de libros ilustrados de no ficción que cuenta la historia de 4 campeones que hacen las cosas a su manera y están reinventando a los deportes.

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From Francesca Cavallo, author of the NY Times bestseller Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls.

This is the true story of Jean-Baptiste Alaize.
Now an exceptional sprinter and long jumper, Jean-Baptiste lost his right leg when he was just three years old during the civil war in Burundi. When he met his adoptive dad, Robert, Jean-Baptiste had never seen a white man before. But they bonded over the fact that his dad too had lost his right leg in an accident years before. Through the story of this extraordinary athlete, The Long Jump tackles themes such as transracial adoption, living with a disability, finding your purpose and achieving your dreams.

Paralympians is a non-fiction picture book series telling the stories of four champions who do things their own way and are reinventing sport.

Francesca Cavallo is an award-winning, New York Times best-selling author, entrepreneur and activist. She co-created the Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls book series and podcast and was the recipient of the Publisher’s Weekly StarWatch Award in 2018. In 2019, she parted ways with Rebel Girls, which she had co-founded, to start Undercats, Inc. Francesca’s work has been translated into more than 50 languages, and her books have sold more than 5 million copies worldwide.

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