María Menéndez-Ponte
When she was a child, she was very naughty, she was always inventing games, she didn’t understand the world around her. She hardly paid attention in class at the nun school she attended, as she was too amused in letting her imagination run wild and create her own stories. Her parents, worried about her lack of discipline, sent her to a boarding school in Madrid. There, thanks to ballet and gymnastics, among other things (she was champion of Spain at thirteen and fourteen), she finally focused on studies
She began studying law at the University of Santiago de Compostela. She is also a graduate in Hispanic Philology, English Law and Comparative Law from the London Politechnic School. In addition, she holds a BA in American Language and Civilization from Marymount College in New York. She has worked as a teacher in different centers in Spain and the United States.
Her four children gave her the definitive drive toward writing. She began inventing stories and adventures that later they represented. She has been deputy director of the communication department at Ediciones SM, and collaborates in several literary magazines. In 2007 she was awarded the Cervantes Chico Prize for her work.
Obras destacadas
¡Menudo basurero, carahuevo!
One morning the forest of the trolls of Karamboka is covered by a disgusting slimy layer. Baba...
Verónica Torres se rebela contra el mundo
The adventures of a very mischievous girl, with a parachutist soul and a big heart.
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Las olimpíadas
In the Pinfrogs forest, bunnies are getting ready for the big race. Everybody wants to win the...
El gran libro de los hábitos
To emotionally support children in their daily lives is not always an easy task. We often have...