Malena, Oli, and Samu.

After publishing and selling, over the years, thousands of copies of my personalized books, I felt disappointed that I couldn't make one for my grandchildren. Saving Nature is giving me now this opportunity. Malena, Oli (for Oliver), and Samu (for Samuel) are, along with Buku, the protagonists of Saving Nature. I had lots of fun including them in the story and the illustrations, and they are very excited about it. Also, they are all eagerly waiting to meet each other again. Samu, who lives in the Cayman Islands and visits them often, has not been able to come to Toronto for a long while because of COVID. They all miss each other, and it makes me happy to bring them together in Saving Nature.

I am a very proud "iaia" which means grandma in Catalan. With my writing and illustrations, I like to pay tribute not only to my grandchildren, who I love dearly, but to my own "iaias" and "iaius," for the stories they told and for encouraging my imagination.