Edna Iturralde spoke at the UDA between dreams and letters

Edna Iturralde, writer of Ecuadorian children's literature and founder of the narrative ethnohistory, the night of 18 in April taught us to dream a little more.

Between brief fragments of her stories as well as her stories and anecdotes of life, Edna opened the conference by letting attendees know their work experience and encouraging them to grow as professionals and fight for what they want for their professional life.

The writer also expressed her support for promoting a culture of reading, since one is not born reading but one can learn it.

Edna said that the biggest problem is that today you can not ask children to become readers if they do not have books, so it is essential to educate parents and explain the importance of reading.

Among the audience of the event were educators but also designers, the latter fundamental to make children's books more attractive. As the guest said, "the illustrations should not be removed from the books because they are part of a story".

Her life has been writing and she maintains that books are very dangerous because they empower a person, because they develop the mind of the person who reads them. 

To close and as a recommendation the storyteller said: "When I write I feel happy, I go to a fantasy world in which the greatest satisfaction I have is to become creative."