Impossible

It all began when everything was in the same place. We don ́t know how it appeared, but we do know that the Universe started in a very small space. It seems impossible, but it's true: when it all began, all the big things were very little.

IMPOSSIBLE tells us the Universe's history since the Big Bang to the birth of plants, animals and humans. Catarina Sobral's first non-fiction book is a colorful journey through particles, stars, dinosaurs and our genealogical tree.

CATARINA SOBRAL is a Portuguese award-wining illustrator, published internationally and praised by readers and critics all over the world. Catarina is also an animation film director.

She is the author of STRIKE, ACHIMPA, MY GRANDAD, SO SO BIG and IMPOSSIBLE, all published by Orfeu Negro. Her books have been published in many countries and her work is a regular presence in editorial illustrations, album covers, posters and exhibitions around the world.

Her picture books have won prizes such as the International Award for Illustration at the Bologna Children's Book Fair, Best Picture Book by the International Comics Festival Amadora BD or Best Children's Book by the Portuguese Authors' Society. Her work was also distinguished as a finalist at the Golden Pinwheel Award, the Nami Concours or Ilustrarte, to name a few.

IMPOSSIBLE is her most recent book, which was published in October 2018, and is her first non-fiction book.

While Catarina does not attain to just one technique, her preference falls almost always on a limited palette of colors, and she explores mixing textures and patterns in full rich and bidimensional images. Catarina has illustrated thirteen books and written ten of them.