A book to read with the kids: today's recommendation is from Flor Solgatto, from Pequena Crianza.

During the childhood of Flor Solgatto , the founder of the Pequena Crianza bookstore, new books weren't plentiful. They had to be borrowed from school or the library. So, when they appeared, when one managed to get to that house with four daughters and lots of things to buy, the delight was repeated again and again: " I read it countless times , until I had it memorized, as I liked to do with all the stories," she now shares with Clarín about a copy purchased at the Book Fair.

Flor Solgatto trained as an early childhood educator and also as a social worker , two disciplines in which books and stories are not only a working element but also a bridge. "For more than 20 years, I have been working with children and adolescents, their educational trajectories, their identities, and family structures. In my professional work, as in my personal life, stories and board games have been essential ," she explains on the Pequena Crianza website.

For her, " stories generate laughter, foster imagination, and create and strengthen bonds, just like games . So, if as a teacher and social worker I could observe the emotional enrichment in childhood and adolescence, why not share it and make these tools available to more and more children and adolescents?" she asks. This concern is the seed of a warm and magical space on Aguirre Street in the Pequena Crianza neighborhood.

And at Clarín 's request, Flor Solgatto reviews the role of books in her life and recommends two must-reads.

–If you were a kid now, what book would you never miss?

– The Tree of Noises and Nuts , by Silvia Schujer. I feel it in my soul, to embrace the history of our country, to understand it differently, so that studying and reading history becomes interesting. And then The Inner Jewel , by Anna Llenas. So that throughout my life I would be accompanied by the feeling of not losing and searching for the light within me.

–What do you remember from your childhood readings?

–I have several memories from my childhood related to literature, classic stories in general, and "The Sad Story of the Steadfast Tin Soldier," which I tolerated being read to me only once. In my house, there weren't many books of our own. We looked for them at the school library every Friday, or at the neighborhood library every Tuesday when my sisters and I attended a literary workshop. Since we are four sisters, it was very expensive for us to have new books for everyone. At one of the few editions of the Book Fair where my mother could buy books, two titles arrived at our house. I didn't like one; its illustrations scared and saddened me, but I read it anyway countless times, until I had it memorized, as I liked to do with all stories. Later, "The Little Man with the Tin Soldier" by Manuel Mujica Lainez came into my hands. Another story I read hundreds of times. It made me sad; I needed that little man to be seen by others, by many. Over time, I realized that maybe I identified with him at the time because I was a very shy and insecure child. When I read it as an adult, I reinterpreted its message and saw myself reflected in it, but as a social worker as a child, because I had encountered in him a child who wasn't seen, and I was interested in helping others rescue him from the darkness.

–How did the idea for the bookstore come about, and what moments in its history made you truly happy?

–The bookstore was born from a group of friends, the "Moms of WS," who have been around since my son's kindergarten. I am an early childhood teacher and social worker. In this role, I work to protect and vindicate the rights of children and adolescents, and I have always included stories in my interventions, even taking them to homes where I conduct bonding interviews. The goal of Pequena Crianza is to foster good bonds and create lasting memories. Shared reading can then become a source of resilience. I find happiness in the bookstore in the sincere, shared, and spontaneous dialogue that develops with families, teachers, and professionals. The mystique of the book that unites us also appears in the tears, the pain, the happiness, and the gratitude of people when they say, "What a beautiful bookstore! How wonderful it is to have you here."