Veronica Bonilla facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Veronica Bonilla
Veronica Bonilla with Platanario, a character from her books, 2012
Born	Silvia Verónica Bonilla Piñeiros (1962-06-11) 11 June 1962 (age 61) Quito, Ecuador
Pen name	Veronica Bonilla
Occupation	Children's writer author Graphic designer
Language	Spanish, English
Nationality	Ecuadorian
Period	2012–present
Genre	Children's writing Fantasy, fiction Picture books
Notable works	Platanario series Magic Dream
Spouse	Married
Children	3

Veronica Bonilla is a children's writer, illustrator, and graphic designer from Ecuador. She was born on 11 June 1962 in Quito D.M. and has published children's literature since 2012. She has 71 international book registers ISBN in several formats, in paper as well as in digital format. She publishes in both Spanish and English, and she also has produced audiobooks.

Career

Veronica Bonilla with printed books, 2014, with July the Frog and Renata the Cat, characters from two of hers books.

With her experience as an educator, mother of three daughters, and ISO 9001 consultant, she debuted as writer of children's literature in 2012. With 14 titles, surpassing the production of 43 university editorial houses, she set a national record for a single author in Ecuador.

From 2012 to 2013 with Vebodi Editorial, she has published 37 books in coated paper, all of her books series are completely illustrated.

In a book series about Platanario, a children's character that is an extraterrestrial kid that fall in love with our planet, she applies her experience as ISO 9001 consultant and introduces concepts to kids such as teamwork, planning, corrective actions, preventive actions. This series is also multi-cultural, inclusive, and shows the culture of Ecuador.

As a graphic designer, she is the creator of the character Lecturin, whom she uses to promote reading. At the official site, it is possible to download a free digital magazine for kids.

She has created eleven characters that live in her publications: Platanario, naniBOT, Pepeko, Juanuka, Pichusa, Pedroko, Hadani, Mar-Tin, Vagotón, Tontón, Lecturin. Since 2012, she performs lectures to stimulate reading and workshops about imagination and creativity for librarians, teachers, fathers and mothers, also children.

She has been an educator and bilingual teacher in private institutions, and as education consultant is coauthor of a Guide of good practices for school teachers, published by Ministry of Education of Ecuador.

In 2014, she published big books in size DIN A3 in coated paper, the BIG BOOK collection. In her international stage, she devoted her time to publish e-books in both Spanish and English, also iBooks for Apple.

Works

Recent book: La Rana Juliana – Spanish

The first book published by Veronica Bonilla is titled Gali tiene un balón, illustrated by Darwin Parra a well known artist of Cuenca city.

Veronica Bonilla has published 71 books, all completely illustrated: 14 in Spanish and in paper in year 2012; 23 books in paper in 2013, from those 15 in English; and in 2014 a total of 34 E-books in several formats, and for several series. Finally, by the end of 2014, her most recent book in paper.

Her most recent book came printed from Editorial Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana Benjamín Carrión, titled in Spanish La Rana Juliana ISBN: 978-9978-62-790-7, in coated paper, completely illustrated, in December 2014. This book has been published as E-book in English for iPad as July the Frog with ISBN: 978-9942-961-32-7 published by Vebodi.

This book is an adventure about an Andean marsupial frog; it carries an ecological message for kids to avoid the endangerment of this species, because its habitat is in danger by humans.

She has also produced three audiobooks in Spanish, developing own music to incorporate in her digital books.

Printed books in Spanish

• Achiiis ISBN: 978-9942-9941-5-8
• Chispitas de Alegría ISBN: 978-9942-9941-6-5
• El Genio de los deseos ISBN: 978-9942-961-08-2
• Hadani cuida el bosque ISBN: 978-9942-9941-3-4
• Juguemos en Ecuador ISBN: 978-9942-961-09-9
• La tortuga Tomasita ISBN: 978-9942-9941-7-2
• Mar-Tin en Galápagos ISBN: 978-9942-961-10-5
• Un sueño mágico ISBN: 978-9942-9941-1-0
• A Ganar ISBN: 978-9942-9877-1-6
• Colección de Rimas ISBN: 978-9942-9877-8-5
• El Barquito de Balsa ISBN: 978-9942-9894-0-6
• El ratoncito r54 ISBN: 978-9942-9877-9-2
• El reino de las travesuras ISBN: 978-9942-9894-3-7
• El Secreto del Rey ISBN: 978-9942-9877-7-8
• El templo de las tortugas ISBN: 978-9942-9877-6-1
• El viajero Platanario ISBN: 978-9942-9877-5-4
• Gali tiene un balón ISBN: 978-9942-9877-0-9
• Hadani la aprendiz de bruja ISBN: 978-9942-9877-4-7
• Jugando con plastilina ISBN: 978-9942-9894-2-0
• Los días sin tiempo ISBN: 978-9942-9877-3-0
• Mar -Tin y las frutas encantadasISBN: 978-9942-9894-1-3
• Ruedas ISBN: 978-9942-9877-2-3
• Colección de Rimas ISBN: 978-9942-961-15-0
• El ratoncito r54 ISBN: 978-9942-961-18-1
• La tortuga Tomasita / The Turtle Tomasita ISBN: 978-9942-961-16-7 (Bilingual)
• Un sueño mágico ISBN: 978-9942-961-14-3
• La rana Juliana ISBN: 978-9942-961-17-4
• Mágico Yasuní ISBN: 978-9942-961-33-4

Printed books in English

Sample page of book PLATANARIO THE TRAVELER

• Alegria's Sparkles of Happiness ISBN: 978-9942-961-04-4
• Let's Win ISBN: 978-9942-9941-9-6
• Mar-Tin and the Enchanted Fruits ISBN: 978-9942-961-05-1
• Platanario the Traveler ISBN: 978-9942-961-01-3
• Play with Clay ISBN: 978-9942-961-07-5
• r54 The Little Mouse ISBN: 978-9942-9941-4-1
• The Balsa Wood Boat ISBN: 978-9942-961-02-0
• The Kingdom of Mischief ISBN: 978-9942-9941-2-7
• A Magic Dream ISBN: 978-9942-9894-6-8
• The Secret of the King ISBN: 978-9942-961-03-7
• The Turtle Tomasita ISBN: 978-9942-9941-8-9
• Timeless Days ISBN: 978-9942-961-06-8
• The Tortoise's Temple ISBN: 978-9942-961-00-6
• Gali has a Ball ISBN: 978-9942-9894-8-2
• Wheels ISBN: 978-9942-9894-7-5

Illustrators

1. Darwin Parra
2. Gabby Hidalgo
3. César Gavilánez
4. Elizabeth Izquierdo
5. Claudia Maggiorini
6. Flor Margarita Cuichán
7. Eiko Takashima
8. Verónica Bonilla

See also

In Spanish: Verónica Bonilla para niños