"Dovemania!", the children's book of the summer

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"Dovemania!", the summer children's book, successfully launches its YouTube channel

The new channel of "Dovemania!" on the video platform around 150 subscribers Since July 18, the smallest of the house have a new means to continue learning thanks to the Usita dove. It's about YouTube. "Dovemania!", the brand of the illustrator of Granada descent Carla Siso that has conquered children, has its own channel on the famous video platform with about 150 subscribers. The objective of this channel is for children to get to know Usita more closely and learn about other topics that are not present in the book, such as vowels or colors. "When they read the book or watch the videos, I would like the public to learn, be entertained and fall in love with the Eurasian turtle doves and respect the animals", recognizes Carla. The illustrations that appear both in the book and in the videos are handmade by Carla and are generally accompanied by a short text in the form of poetry in which a specific topic is explained. “Dovemania!” It is a tribute to Usita and all the birds. I hope that thanks to him people can get to know them better.” For the time being, Carla Siso has uploaded a video to YouTube in which she welcomes all of Usita's friends and invites them to accompany her on her new and exciting journey through the Internet.

How did “Dovemania!” come about?

It all started in 2012. Then, Carla Siso (Barcelona, ​​1994) suffered from depression. By chance, she wanted a baby Turkish turtledove to fall into her hands, which she rescued and took to her house. The dove, which she named Usita, helped her recover. “I leaned on her, on my parrot and my blackbird to get through the situation. She passed away a few years ago, but she has been my inspiration to create Dovemania! ”, Points out the young artist. In the summer of 2020 Carla began to make drawings with the image of the Usita turtle dove, first on cloth bags and then on paper. That's how “Dovemania!” came about. From that moment the Catalan was creating illustrations on different themes, all of them with Usita as the protagonist. Some of those drawings she uploaded to her Instagram account. Usita and “Dovemania!” aroused great interest among the public. So much so that the artist from Barcelona became a phenomenon on social networks with nearly 25,000 followers on Instagram (@dovemania.oficial). This success encouraged Carla to collect her illustrations and publish, with the help of the Caligrama publishing house, a book aimed at children. The title comes from the English word dove, which means dove. The book is available in both physical and digital versions. The physical edition can be purchased at La Casa del Libro, El Corte Inglés and libro.cc, while the electronic version can be purchased through Amazon, Fnac, Kobo and Google play. But Carla's dream does not end here. Her goal is “to be able to collaborate with different companies and convert “Dovemania!” in a brand known by the public”. To do this, she has decided to create other products such as bags, caps, cups, stickers or sheets with the image of Usita and thus further her message of love and respect for the animal world.