“Born in Porto in the mid-20th century (1955), and after a degree in the area of Film Sound and living on until our days & nights, he had some more or less poetic little books and fifteen original records, as a solo artist, with Anar Band and, above all with G.N.R., with whom he performed more than 2,000 spectacular concerts.

After several prizes and insults… this little book I leave you is written in Portuguese, painted by Marta Madureira and with music composed by Armando Teixeira, a great Musician and Friend.

You will find in it some of the whitest “porcelain” and assertive opinions about coffee, tea (the favourite one) & etc…”

Rui Reininho in December, 2015

Marta Madureira

Marta Madureira was born and lives in the city of Porto.

She is a communication designer and illustrator, activities which she teaches at the Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave [Polytechnic School
of Cávado and Ave], for the course of Graphic Design and for the Illustration and Animation Master’s degree.

She was awarded several significant prizes in the area she works, among which are the Menção Especial – Prémio Nacional de Ilustração [Special
Mention - National Prize for Illustration], in 2010 and 2011;

First prize by 3x3, The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration, in 2012;

shortlisted for this prestigious edition in 2015; shortlisted for the World Illustration Award in 2015;

and choice for the shortlist of the Iberian-American Catalog in 2015.

She has some 20 illustrated books for children, with texts of Álvaro Magalhães, Vergílio Alberto Vieira, Manuel António Pina, Adélia Carvalho, José
Vaz, Ana Luísa Amaral, António Mota and Inês Fonseca Santos, among others.

She is the author and director, together with Pedro Mota Teixeira, of the animated series “As Máquinas de Maria”, which is funded by the Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual [Film and Audiovisual Institute].

Together with Adélia Carvalho, she is the founder of the publishing house Tcharan, which specializes mainly in children’s literature.