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Natacha

Author	Luis Pescetti
Illustrator	O'Kif Pablo Fernandez
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish
Series	Natacha series
Subject	Girl's adventure
Genre	Children
Publisher	Alfaguara
Publication date	1998
Media type	Print
ISBN	9789870411215
Followed by	La tarea según Natacha

Natacha is a children's book first published in 1998, the first in a series of books where Natacha is the protagonist. It was written by Luis Pescetti, Argentine writer and musician, whose works are mainly intended for children. The book was adapted to the theater by Barbara Raimondi.

Synopsis

Natacha has a mother who invents tales of monsters, a friend Pati, who with Natacha are "The Pearl Girls" and a dog, Rafles, a little destroyer. Natacha is a girl who never tires of asking questions. Her curiosity, which is shared by her friend Pati, drives her parents and other adults to despair. Sometimes they have to count to ten to calm down. In this book Natacha helps to cook by making a chocolate cake, but in place of the main ingredient she uses mud. During a film she asks her mother so many questions that she cannot follow the plot. In other chapters she writes a poem, but needs her mother's help with spelling. Her mother tells her stories about monsters of the night and her dog "Rafles" meets various disasters.

Miscellaneous

Natacha is, along with El ciudadano de mis zapatos (The citizen of my shoes), one of the works by Luis Pescetti that have been adapted to theater. The Argentine Director Barbara Raimondi faithfully adapted the book to a play, apart from changing Natacha's best friend from Pati (Patricia) to Patri (Patrick) and adding stories to link the episodes together.

Natasha's name was taken from a student who was taught by the author (he taught music in preschool and primary), who was just as curious and inquisitive. The other characters and situations in the book were taken from the author's experiences as a child. He used the phrase "I'm going somewhere to do something ..." in infancy and quoted it on his recordings and in his radio program Hola Luis.

This is the only book by Luis Pescetti that was translated into Catalan, issued only in Spain. The Catalan book is called La Nataixa.

The tenth anniversary of publication of the first edition of Natacha was celebrated in July 2007. The author and the publisher put on a series of concerts by Luis Pescetti called "Useless to insist". The poster proclaims "10 years of Natacha" and is framed with Natacha's characteristic pigtails and fringe.

Books in the series are:

See also

In Spanish: Natacha (libro) para niños