
Yolanda Reyes

Published by
Portuguese Pulo do Gato, FTD, Ediçoes SM / Danish Aurora Boreal / Spanish Alfaguara, SM, Babel Libros, Fondo de Cultura Económica, Laguna / Italian Logos Edizioni
Some of her pieces for children and youth like A Bed for Three and The Terror of Sixth B have figured in The White Ravens Honors List from the Youth Library of Munich.
Her novel, In Transit, was selected by Arcadia Magazine from Colombia as one of the best books of 2007 within the fiction category.
She is a columnist from El Tiempo journal and got a Special Mention in the Simón Bolívar Journalism Award, 2009.
She was one of the founders of “Espantapájaros” (Bogota), a pioneer project in the encouragement of reading from early childhood and has written numerous articles and essays that are a reference in the field of reader formation in Iberoamerica.
Owner of an undeniable literary versatility. César Mackenzie, Arcadia magazine
After a passionate and capricious debate, the group of Arcadia collaborators picks who it considers to be the three most important female writers in the country. The great poet (and novelist), no doubt, is Piedad Bonnett. María Cristina Restrepo and Yolanda Reyes, the great story-tellers. Arcadia magazine
Children’s literature
More children’s literature
Cucú. Poems and songs, 2010
Ernestina la gallina, 2010
El libro que canta. Poetry, 2005
Los años terribles. Novel, 2000
María de los Dinosaurios, 1998
Adults
Essay
La biblioteca para lo que no saben leer, 2008
La casa imaginaria: lectura y literatura en la primera infancia, 2007