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Lola is a young Spanish girl in awe of her glamorous older sister. However, she discovers her own talent and duende, or spirit, through secret fandango lessons from her father. The text is infused with the rhythms, movements and sounds of the dance and the humanity of Lola s family is beautifully portrayed by Micha Archer s collage-paintings.



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Micha Archer

Micha Archer www.michaarcher.com is an artist, illustrator and educator living in Western Massachusetts. A world traveller, her sense of color and pattern is influenced by the folk art, crafts, and architecture of the world. Working with gouache, watercolors, pen and ink, and collage, she creates layered pieces from various materials on paper and digitally. With a B.A. in Multicultural Education from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst she taught for 15 years in a Kindergarten classroom. In addition to consulting with teachers on incorporating art into their classrooms, she offers workshops and classes to children, adults and other artists. Her design and illustration clients include - most of the major educational publishers, two children's books with Barefoot Books; (Lola's Fandango and The Wise Fool) a book she wrote and illustrated,( Daniel Finds a Poem) with Penguin,2 books with Charlesbridge, (Spring Equations and Around the World in a Bathtub) . And another with Penguin called Girl Running.She is a member of WMIG- Western Mass. Illustrators Guild (www.wmig.org)



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