Through the use of white space, limited colors, and sparce text—this emotional story depicts the emptiness a mother and daughter feel after a painful loss. Around the dinner table the child tells Ma about a passageway in their yard where she goes to the other side to meet up with their loved one in a gray hat. In this warm and safe place, she gets should rides, learns to swim, and plays with him. Ma listens signaling love and understanding. Later, they twirl in some sheets and visit this place together.

Author is an award-winning Argentinian. She is a 2020 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award nominee. She has won the ALIJA prize in Argentina three times and has had her work has been on the White Ravens list.

Argentina. Originally published in Spanish as Hay Dias by Calibroscopio Ediciones in 2021. English translation by Lawrence Schimel published in the United States by Amazon Crossing in 2020.