When Cely’s father brings home a crocodile, all she wants to do is draw the strange, fascinating reptile lounging in their family’s swimming pool. Her mother says no. “Women don’t draw or paint,” she tells her daughter.
But Cely has other plans for herself. Undaunted, she takes her notebooks and pencils out to the garden and starts to draw. So begins the extraordinary childhood tale of Araceli Limcaco Dans, one of the most famous painters in the Philippines.
Addi Panadero is a designer at And A Half. In 2019 he was the recipient of the prestigious 2019 PBBY-Alcala Prize, which allowed him to illustrate Cely’s Crocodile, a children’s book story about Filipina Contemporary Artist, Araceli Dans.
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