Can you imagine a shipwrecked sailor living on air and seaweed for eight days? Can you imagine a trail of yellow butterflies fluttering their wings to songs of love? Once there was a little boy named Gabito who could. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is perhaps one of the most brilliant writers of our time. He is a tremendous figure enormously talented and unabashedly admired. This is his story lovingly told for children to enjoy. Using the imagery from his novels Monica Brown traces the novelist s life in this creative nonfiction picture book from his childhood in Colombia to today. This is an inspiring story about an inspiring life full of imagination and beauty.