Carolina Purpurina

Discover the story behind each chapter, with unpublished illustrations that never made it into the book.

Chapter 1: Carolina Purpurina

You will find out where the heroine’s curious nickname comes from, and what her unusual hobbies are.

Chapter illustration: Carolina plays on her bedroom floor with a doll.
Chapter illustration: Carolina, in a pink cardigan, plays with her dolls in the living room.

Chapter 2: Sparkling siblings

Isabel, Juanma, María — meet the rest of Carolina Purpurina’s family.

Chapter illustration: Isabel, in glasses and a football shirt, runs after the ball outside the house.
Chapter illustration: Juanma, in his football kit, plays with the ball on the terrace.
Chapter illustration: María, in her colourful earmuffs, builds a sandcastle on the beach.

Chapter 3: How cool it is to have a broom!

You will never guess the strange present Carolina Purpurina once asked for on her birthday…

Chapter illustration: Carolina holds a sparkling broom at her birthday party, among cakes and candles.
Chapter illustration: Carolina, dressed as a witch in a purple hat, holds her broom under the moon.

Chapter 4: Glitter in the kitchen

Nobody comes up with funnier recipes!

Chapter illustration: Carolina, in an apron, whisks a chocolate batter in the kitchen.

Chapter 5: The crazy glitter factory

Carolina and her siblings try to make eco-friendly glitter. Will they manage it?

Chapter illustration: Carolina lays out her jars of coloured glitter on the table.
Chapter illustration: Juanma dips his brush into a jar of golden glitter among bunches of lavender.
Chapter illustration: Carolina smiles in front of four jars of coloured glitter.

Chapter 6: Slides in the metro

Carolina finds a way down to the platform in her wheelchair when the lifts are out of order — can you guess how?

Chapter illustration: Carolina speeds down a colourful ramp in the metro.
Chapter illustration: Juanma reads on the metro surrounded by colourful numbers and sums.

Chapter 7: Garlic and slipper!

Carolina’s best friend Patri is in trouble. What will they do about it?

Chapter illustration: Patri pushes Carolina’s wheelchair; both are wearing their school uniform.

Chapter 8: High-impact costumes

Carolina and her siblings put together a knockout costume for the school fancy-dress contest.

Chapter illustration: the siblings set up their cardboard cars in the school playground.

Chapter 9: Glitters Friends forever

Meet Martina, Isabel’s best friend — a real artist!

Chapter illustration: Martina paints a starry sky with a large moon on her easel.

Chapter 10: The calendar girl

Carolina Purpurina becomes the face of the month of May.

Chapter illustration: Carolina strokes a horse’s muzzle from her wheelchair.

Chapter 11: I am not weird!

Carolina and her brother Juanma take part in a very special event to raise awareness of rare diseases. What could it be?

Chapter illustration: Carolina, in a pink and white shirt, at the edge of the football pitch.
Chapter illustration: children in wheelchairs take to the pitch with the players to raise awareness of rare diseases.
Chapter illustration: Carolina raises her arms to celebrate a goal in front of the television.

Chapter 12: Glitter at the palace

Carolina Purpurina has a magical moment at the Zarzuela Palace — who will she meet there?

Chapter illustration: Carolina, seen from behind in her wheelchair, gazes at the palace.
Illustration from the audience chapter: Carolina accompanied by a woman wearing a face mask.