M Javier De GraciaM. Javier De Gracia is an architect, but in his free time he designs costumes for plays that have fantasy or mythological themes, such as The Inspector, Aladdin, Ondina, The Blue Bird and Santa's Toys Factory, and he has been nominated for the Scener Awards given to Panamanian theater artists. Javier designed both the cover and text illustrations. He created the cover illustration on computer by using several painting techniques. Illustrating this book has been a pleasant challenge, because he identifies with themes of fantasy and wanted to collaborate with his friend the author. Read More Read Less