Big Bang

Bernardo P. Carvalho

Ideas like to play hide and seek.

They’re not invisible, but they can be hard to see!

In the beginning, they appear like a shadow and slide from our hands. But if we let them run freely — like a horse runs through the beach — maybe we’ll be able to see them clearly.

This is the story a horse called Big Bang and a mysterious thing that followed him…

(A thing? What kind of thing?)

Press voices

“It’s not common for Planeta Tangerina texts to have an animal as their protagonist. Much less for their narratives to follow an apparently linear track, with more traditional features from the outset. But soon enough unanswered questions begin to appear. Then, some scattered rhymes, a varying refrain which sets the rhythm and also the typical puns which Isabel Minhós Martins’ writing so brilliantly showcases. And so, the surprise of the book’s opening pages moves over to give room to other surprises.” Blimunda magazine

“Minhós’ words find a perfect harmony with the magnificent illustrations by Bernardo Carvalho. We want to gallop through the book in one swift breath. In a register to which we have become accustomed with this illustrator, each page seems like a stunning rainbow which enchants smaller and bigger readers alike.” Hipopómatos na lua blog

“A book (…) which shows us that things aren’t always easy, inviting us to spot, between the lines, memory’s very own tricks, the importance of silence, the need for personal space, and the transformative power that each of us has inside.” Bandas Desenhadas blog