Veronica Bonilla


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.
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Career

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,, 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

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, 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 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 Chispitas de Alegría El Genio de los deseos Hadani cuida el bosque Juguemos en Ecuador La tortuga Tomasita Mar-Tin en Galápagos Un sueño mágico A Ganar Colección de Rimas El Barquito de Balsa El ratoncito r54 El reino de las travesuras El Secreto del Rey El templo de las tortugas El viajero Platanario Gali tiene un balón Hadani la aprendiz de bruja Jugando con plastilina Los días sin tiempo Mar -Tin y las frutas encantadas Ruedas Colección de Rimas El ratoncito r54 La tortuga Tomasita / The Turtle Tomasita Un sueño mágico La rana Juliana
  • ''Mágico Yasuní''

Printed books in English

Alegria's Sparkles of Happiness Let's Win Mar-Tin and the Enchanted Fruits Platanario the Traveler Play with Clay r54 The Little Mouse The Balsa Wood Boat The Kingdom of Mischief A Magic Dream The Secret of the King The Turtle Tomasita Timeless Days The Tortoise's Temple Gali has a Ball
  • ''Wheels''

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