The Magic Box by Maria Jose Ballesteros

Brothers River and Jan receive a box for their father. Miss Pink Nose tells them that it is magical and that they cannot open it. What should they do? Should they open it?

Miss Pink Nose, the mail carrier, delivers a box to brothers River and Jan. It is for their father and she tells them not to open it. The two boys wait and wait and wait… They touch it, weigh it and smell it, and as their curiosity grows, the brothers imagine, all morning, and until their dad comes home, just what weird and wonderful things might be in that magical box!

Maria Jose Ballesteros is an illustrator,designer and artisan from Toledo (Spain). She studied illustration at theToledo School of Art and has a postgraduate degree from the University ofBarcelona. She has published several picture books, including The Magic Box (NubeOcho). She has workedcreatively for brands such as Coca-cola and Cuatro TV and her artistic work hasbeen exhibited in several art galleries in Spain.