2025 Events:

• Sends Dossier and books to the Secretariat of IBBY Switzerland for the contest “Hans Christian Andersen Award 2026”

2024 Events:

• Nominated by Girándula/IBBY Ecuador for the “Hans Christian Andersen Award 2026.”
• Participates in the 18th Reading Marathon Girándula/IBBY Ecuador, Quito.

• Displays her books at the “Within A Mile” exhibition of the Cooperstown Art Association in Cooperstown, New York.

Publications: 

• “Get to Know Zelia Nuttall”

Vista Higher Learning Publishers United States

• “Under the Moon Light” 

Published by Global Pearls, Inc. Duala, Cameroon  

• “Los jardineros de la Luna” (The Gardeners of the Moon)

Girándula-IBBY-OEI Ecuador

2023 Events:

• Participates in the 17th Reading Marathon Girándula/IBBY Ecuador, Quito.

Publications:

• “Yama la pequeña dinosaurio”, (Yama the Little Dinosaur) 

Girándula-IBBY-OEI 

• “De todo como en botica” (Everything Like in a Pharmacy) (36 articles)

Revista Familia, El Comercio Newspaper Quito, Ecuador (On the 23rd of August El Comercio closed down) 

2022 Events:

• Participates in the 16th Reading Marathon (virtual) Girándula/IBBY Ecuador Quito.

Publications:

• “Y llegó tocando el tambor” (And He Came Beating the Drum)

Girándula-IBBY-OEI 

• “El hermano del Lobo” (The Wolf’s Brother)

Editorial Santillana Ecuador

• “Pecas y las cucarachas” (Frekles and the Cockroaches)

Vasquez y Vasquez Editores Ecuador

• “De todo como en botica” (Everything Like in a Pharmacy) (52 articles)

Revista Familia, El Comercio newspaper Quito, Ecuador

2021 Events:

• Participates in the 15th Reading Marathon Girándula/IBBY Ecuador, Quito.
• Her twelfth grandson, Lawrence Devereux Kernan, is born in Golden, Colorado, United States.

Publications: 

• “Junto al cielo-Cuentos sobre Quito” (Next to the Sky-Stories About Quito)

Salazar Editores Ecuador

• “De todo como en botica” (Everything Like in a Pharmacy) (52 articles)

Revista Familia, El Comercio Newspaper Quito, Ecuador

2020 Events: 

• Awarded the “Ibero American Cervantes Chico Award”, Alcalá de Henares, Spain.
• Participates in the 14th Reading Marathon (virtual) Girándula/IBBY Ecuador, Quito.
• Her eleventh grandson, Robert Henry Kernan, born in Golden, Colorado, United States.

Publications:

• “De todo como en botica” (Everything As in a Pharmacy) (52 articles)

Revista Familia, El Comercio Newspaper Quito, Ecuador

2019 Events:

• Participates in the International Book Fair (FIL) Guadalajara, Stand Editorial Santillana, México
• Participates in the Sixth Reading Marathon of Books and Art, Cuenca, Ecuador
• “Drakko Planet” (a saga in 12 books) distributed by the El Comercio newspaper Quito) through an agreement with Penguin Random House
• 1st Ecuadorian and first person to receive the award “Women for Liberty” The Bolivian Academy of America, Bogota, Colombia
• “Twelfth Conference for the Young and the Arts” to honor Iturralde organized by La Asuncion School, Cuenca, Ecuador
• Delivers lecture “Importance of Children’s Literature in Basic Education”, University of Azuay, Cuenca, Ecuador
• “El puente de los coyotes”, Santillana Loqueleo, presented at the University of Azuay, Cuenca, Ecuador
• Participates in the 13th Reading Marathon Girándula/IBBY Quito, Ecuador

Publications:

• “Dos superheroes volvánicos” (Two Volcanic Superheroes)

Editorial SM-Barco de Vapor Ecuador

• “El puente de los coyotes” (The Bridge of the Coyotes)

Editorial Santillana Ecuador

• “El puente de los coyotes” (The Bridge of the Coyotes)

Editorial Santillana Guatemala

• “De todo como en botica” (Everything Like in a Pharmacy (52 articles)

 Revista Familia, El Comercio Newspaper Quito, Ecuador

2018 Events:

• Delivers talk at the Latin American Conference Eco Festival, “The Rights of Children in a Green World Through Children’s Literature”
• Talks to children about her literature in schools in Colorado, United States
• Inaugurates the children’s literature “Edna Iturralde Library” in the Asuncion School, Cuenca, Ecuador
• Participates in the 12th Reading Marathon Girándula/IBBY Quito, Ecuador
• Nominated by the Organization of American States Quito Office, for the Ibero- American Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature
• Her tenth grandson Oliver Bruce Kernan Da Silva born in Houston, Texas, United States

Publications:

• “El pirata Barbaloca” (Crazybeard the Pirate)

Editorial Santillana 

• “Green Was My Forest” (English translation) 

Mandel-Vilar Press

• “El pequeño Bun” (Little Bun)

 Girándula/IBBY Ecuador, Ministry of Culture, National Plan for Books and Reading.

• “La casa que el bosque se tragó” (The House that the Forest Swallowed)

Grupo Editorial Norma

• “Las islas donde nace la Luna” (The Islands Where the Moon is Born)

Grupo Editorial Norma

• “María Manglar” (Maria Mangrove)

Grupo Editorial Norma 

• “Aventura en los Llanganates” (Adventure in the Llanganates”

Editorial Santillana Ecuador

• “Te acompañará el viento” (The Wind Will Acompany You)

Editorial Santillana 

• “De todo como en botica” (Everything Like in a Pharmacy) (52 articles)

Revista Familia, El Comercio Newspaper Quito, Ecuador

2017 Events:

• Receives an award for her literary career: “Escritora cinco estrellas-Tus obras dejan huella” (Five Star Writer-Your Work Leaves Traces) 

Editorial Santillana, Honduras

• Deliveries lecture: “Roots – Multicultural Themes in Children’s Literature”, Club Árabe Hondureño, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
• Delivers lecture: “Reading as a Resource for Developing Emotional Intelligence in Children”, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
• Nominated for the “Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award” by Girándula/IBBY Ecuador
• Participates in the 11th Reading Marathon Girándula/IBBY Quito, Ecuador

Publications:

• “El domador de cerdos” (The Pigs Tamer)

Editorial Santillana, México

• “Conoce a Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz” (Get to Know Sister Juana Inés de la Cruz)

Editorial Santillana, United States

• “La leyenda del Arupo y otros relatos mágicos y míticos” (The Legend of the Arupo Tree and other Magical and Stories Mythical Stories)

 Editorial Don Bosco, Quito, Ecuador

• “De todo como en botica” (Everything Like in a Pharmacy) (52 articles)

Revista Familia, El Comercio newspaper Quito, Ecuador

2016 Events:

• Receives the Award for “National Cultural Merit Matilde Hidalgo de Procel” during the Tenth National Women’s Conference, Manta, Ecuador
• Starts publishing “De todo como en botica” (Everything Like in a Pharmacy) , a weekly column 

Revista Familia, El Comercio newspaper Quito, Ecuador

• Participates in the television program Babau, te puedo pregunta (La Oreja Del Pez & Ecuadorian Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion, RTV Ecuador TV).

Publications:

• “The Islands Where the Moon is Born” (English translation)

United States: WPR Books; Latino Insight

• De todo como en botica (Everything as in a Pharmacy) 52 articles in

Revista Familia, El Comercio Quito Ecuador

2015 Events:

• “Los pájaros no tienen fronteras” (Birds Have No Borders) selected by the Mexican Secretariat for Public Education among 11,953 entries to be part of the books of the national schools’ libraries. 
• Awarded Diploma de Honor destacados de Girándula/IBBY Ecuador 2014/15 for »Los hermanos que cosechaban cuentos de hadas» (The Brothers that Harvested Fairy Tales), Editorial Santillana Ecuador
• The Ecuadorian Ministry of Education finances films of “¿De dónde vienen los bebés de las hadas?” (Where do the Fairy Babies Come From?); “El Pirata Barbaloca” (Crazy Beard the Pirate) and “El misterio de las bolitas de colores”, (The Mystery of the Colored Balls) 
• Gives speech at the Americas Latino Eco Festival, Denver, Colorado, United States, on “Ecology in Children’s Literature”.
• Participates in the conference “Entre libros y lectores” (Between Books and Readers” with: “The Power of Reading: My Personal Route” organized by SM Foundation, Bogotá Colombia.
• Gives a talk at the International Center for Integral Formation, México, D.F. “Reading, as a Door to Emotional Intelligence”.
• Gives a talk at the International Book Fair, Guayaquil, on the topic “The World of Dragons and Books of Fantasy”.
• Gives a talk at the Book Conference of Cuenca on “Ethnohistory in Children’s and Young Adult Literature”.

Publications:

• “Y surgió en el vuelo de las mariposas” (And it Emerged in the Flight of Butterflies)

Editorial Barco de Vapor Rojo, SM Colombia

• “Drakko Planet Saga”

Penguin Random House Colombia 

2014 Events:

• Awarded “Honorable Mention Darío Guevara Mayorga for Children’s and Young Adult Literature” by the Municipality of Quito for “¡Viva el fútbol!” (Hurrah for Soccer!)  Editorial Santillana Ecuador
• Awarded “Condecoración Manuela Sáenz Libertadora del Libertador en el Grado Internacional de Primera Clase 2014” by the Bolivian Academy of America, Quito Chapter
• Gives a talk at the meeting of the California Association for Bilingual Education on “Biliteracy and Educational Equity for All”, San Diego, California, United States
• Five books selected for the A+ Common Core Spanish Literacy school districts of 17 states of the United States (“Conoce a Simón Bolívar” (Get to Know Simon Bolivar); “Conoce a Miguel de Cervantes” (Get to Know Miguel de Cervantes); “Un días más y otras historias” (One Day More and Other Stories); “Caminantes del Sol” (Walkers of the Sun); “Verde fue mi selva” (Green Was My Forest)
• Barnes and Noble Book Stores, United States, selects “Conoce a Miguel de Cervantes” as its lead book for Spanish Heritance Month
• 9th grandchild born Jay Pon van Maasdijk, in the Netherlands. 

Publications: 

• “Y surgió en el vuelo de las mariposas” (And it Emerged in the Flight of the Butterflies)

Editorial Barco de Vapor Rojo, SM Colombia

• “The Islands Where the Moon is Born” 

WPR Books, United States

• “¡Viva el fútbol!”(Hurrah for Soccer!)

Editorial Santillana Ecuador

• “La casa que el bosque se tragó” (The House that the Forest Swallowed) 

Grupo Editorial Norma Ecuador

• “Drakko Planet Saga”: #1 Los 12 de fuego /#2 Jaune en Kru-urk (#1 The 12 of Fire/#2 Jaune in Kru-urk); #3 “Rav y los elfos de las praderas” /#4 “Kohaku y los nómadas del desierto de Kiir” (#3 Rav and the Prairie Elves/#4 Kohaku and the Nomads of the Kiir Desert); #5 “Yantar y los duendes” / #6 “Gimber y los Atlantis” (#Yantar and the Elves/ #7 Gimber and the Atlantis)

Editorial Santillana Ecuador 

2013 Events:

• Awarded the “Skipping Stones Awars for international multicultural books for “Los pájaros no tienen fronteras-leyendas y mitos de Latinoamérica” (Birds Have no Borders-Legends and Myths of Latin America) Editorial Santillana Colombia
• The Ecuadorian National Symphony commissions and performs premier of “La joven y la culebra, orígenes del pueblo cañar” (The Young Woman and the Snake-Origins of the Cañar people) composed by Eduardo Florencia based on Iturralde’s book “Los hijos de la Guacamaya”, (The Children of the Macaw) Editorial Santillana Ecuador
• Participates in the Second Ibero-American Conference on Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Bogotá, Colombia
• Nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award by Girándula/ IBBY Ecuador
• Selected as the “Woman of the Year” for Literature

Revista Hogar, Guayaquil, Ecuador

• Awarded First Prize in three categories at the International “Latino Book Awards” for: “When the Guns Fell Silent”; “The Day of Yesterday”; “Get to Know Simon Bolivar” and Second Prize for “Get to Know Miguel de Cervantes”
• Identified as a “landmark” writer of Ibero- American Children’s and Young Adult Literature.

“Hitos de la de la literatura infantil y juvenil Iberoamericana” Fundación SM Madrid coordinadora: Beatriz Helena Robledo)

• The Barnes and Noble Libraries in the United States selects “Conoce a Miguel de Cervantes” (Get to Know Miguel de Cervantes) as the lead book in its Spanish Inheritance Month
• Eighth grandchild born, Amalia Lucia van Maasdijk Bauer

Publications:

• “Los hermanos que cosechaban cuentos de hadas” (The Brothers that Harvested Fairy Tales)

Editorial Santillana

• “Los pájaros no tienen fronteras-leyendas y mitos de Latinoamérica” (Birds Have No Borders-Legends and Myths of Latinamerica)

Santillana Ecuador 

2012 Events:

• Nominated for the “Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award” by Girándula/ IBBY Ecuador
• Honorable Mention, Latin American Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Lima
• Awarded Merit Diploma for the Career of a Latin American Author by the Chilean Academy for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Santiago de Chile
• “Lágrimas de ángeles” (Tears of Angels) breaks the record for the number of books sold in Ecuador by Editorial Santillana Ecuador (64,000)
• Gives a conference on “Bridges Between Children’s Literature and the Arts” at the International Seminar on Esthetic Culture and Education in the Arts, University of Cuenca, Ecuador
• Gives Conference on “The Challenge of Writing on Multicultural Themes en Children’s and Young Adult Literature”, 

Universidad de las Americas, Ecuador

• Gives conference on “Our Ancestors, the First Navigators of the Pacific” Seminar on Anthropology of American Peoples, at the Faculty of Ethnology and Social Anthropology, National University of Mexico
• Her beloved mother and best friend, Edna De Howitt, dies
• 7th grandchild born, Leonie Henriette van Maasdijk Valle)

Publications

• “Los pájaros no tienen fronteras – Leyendas y Mitos Latinoamericanos” (Birds Have no Borders-Legends and Myths of Latinamerica)

Editorial Santillana Colombia

• “Las muchachas de la lluvia” (The Girls of the Rain)

Editorial Santillana, Ecuador

• “Conoce a Miguel de Cervantes” (Get to Know Miguel de Cervantes)
• “Conoce a Simón Bolívar” (Get to know Simon Bolivar)

Editorial Santillana, United States

• “El sueño de Manuela” (Manuela’s Dream)

Mantra Editores Ecuador

• María Manglar (Maria Mangrove)

Grupo Editorial Norma Ecuador

• “Cuando callaron las armas” (When the Guns Fell Silent)

 Editorial Gente Joven, Cuba

• “When the Guns Fell Silent”

WPR; Latino Insight Publishers. 

•  “The Day of Yesterday”

WPR; Latino Insight Publishers. 

2011 Events:

• “Simón era su nombre”, “Verde fue mi selva” and “Caminantes del Sol” selected by the Book Bank of Venezuela
• Samay School, Tumbaco, Ecuador, establishes the Edna Iturralde Library
• “Simón era su nombre” and “Cuentos del Yasuní” awarded Honor Diplomas by Girandula/IBBY Ecuador
• Awarded Quito Diploma of Honor by the Radio Station Multimedios, Digitl Newspaper Al Dia, Ecuador
• Nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award by Girándula/IBBY Ecuador
• Gives talk, “The Amazon Forest: Oxygen for the World and for Stories”, International Book Fair, Bogotá, Colombia
• Presentation of “Verde fue mi selva”, (Green Was My Forest) Editorial Santillana Colombia
• Participates in the “Book and Cultural Fair of Medellin”, Colombia
• Participates in the “6th Reading Marathon, Girándula/IBBY Ecuador
• Participates in the “International Conference of Children’s and Young Adult Writers, Ecuador
• Participates in the “3rd Reading Marathon”, Cuenca, Ecuador
• Instituto Tecnológico Superior Cordillera de la Universidad Metropolitan of Quito presents a theatrical work based on her book: “Te acompañará el Viento” (The Wind Will Accompany You)
• Selected as “Woman of the Year” by Revista Vanidades
• Opens the Book Fair of Cuba with a presentation of “Simón era su nombre” (Simon Was His Name) Editorial Gente Nueva, Cuba
• Sixth grandchild born, Wolter Diederick Pon van Maasdijk)

Publications:

• “Llevo tres mil años pintando” (I’ve Been Paiting for 3.000 Thousand Years)- Biografía de Oswaldo Guayasamín

Editorial Santillana Ecuador

• “Sueños con sabor a chocolate” (Dreams with a Touch of Chocolate)

Editorial Santillana Ecuador

• “Martina las estrellas y un cachito de luna” (Martina the Stars and a slice of the Moon)

Editorial Santillana Ecuador

• “Micky Risotto y el perro chihuahua” (Micky Risotto and the Chihuahua Dog)

Editorial Santillana Ecuador 

2010 Events:

• Awarded National Award Dario Guevara Mayorga for Children and Young Adults Literature for “Simón era su nombre” (Simon Was His Name)
• Awarded Silver Rose for her literary work
• Receives Honor Awards from Girándula/ IBBY Ecuador, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Culture, and Convenio Andres Bello for “Verde fue mi selva” (Green Was My Forest) being selected as one of the ten best Latin American Children’s and Young Adult books of the 20th century
• Gave speech in the Thirty-Second IBBY World Congress on “The Strength of Minorities”, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
• Participated in the “Second Congress of the Word”, organized by the State Cultural Institution, León, Salamanca, Guanajuato, México.

Publications

• “Cuentos de Yasuni” (Tales of the Yasuni)
• “Simón era su nombre” (Simon Was His Name)

Editorial Santillana Ecuador

• “Simón era su nombre” (Simon Was His Name)

Editorial Gente Nueva Cuba

2009 Events:

• “Verde fue mi Selva” selected as one of the ten best books published in the twentieth century by Foundation SM, the System of Chilean Libraries, and CLIJ Literary Magazine for Children and Young Adults 
• As President of the Ecuadorian Academy of Children and Young Adults, organizes with Girándula/IBBY Ecuador the Reading Marathon, Quito, Ecuador
• Fifth grandchild born, Thomas Diederick van Maasdijk Bauer

Publications:

• “Pecas y las cucarachas” (Freckles and the Cockroaches) 
• “La leyenda del Arupo y otros relatos míticos y mágicos” (The Legend of the Arupo and Other Mythical and Magical Stories)

Editorial Santillana Ecuador (sello Caja de Letras) 

• “Lagarto no come lagarto” (Lizard Does Not Eat Lizard)

Girándula/UNICEF

• “Johnny Tallarín en: ¿quién grita desde tan lejos?”

Grupo Editorial Norma Ecuador

• “Junto al cielo-cuentos sobre Quito”

Grupo Editorial Norma

• Imágenes del Bicentenario

Altea, Editorial Santillana Ecuador

2008 Events:

• Awarded “Great Collar Aurelio Espinosa Polit for Literature” (awarded for the first time to a writer of Children’s and Young Adult literature)
• Honor Award Municipality of Quito for “¿De dónde vienen los bebés de las hadas?” (Where Do the Babies of the Faires Come From?) Grupo Editorial Norma 
• As president of the Ecuadorian Academy of Children and Young Adults, participates in the organization with Girándula/Ibby Ecuador of the Reading Marathonn, Quito, Ecuador
• “Lágrimas de ángeles” (Tears of Angels) surpasses the sales in Colombia of the commemorative edition of A Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Marquez
• Selected as Women of the Year of Ecuador by Vanidades Magazine  

Publications

• “El perro, el farolero y una historia de libertad” (The Dog, the Lamplighter and a Story of Freedom)

Editorial Santillana Ecuador

• “El caballo, la rosa y una historia de rebelión” (The Horse, the Rose and a Story of Rebelion) 

Editorial Santillana 

• “El cóndor, el héroe y una historia de independencia” (The Condor, the Heroe and a Story of Independence)
• Olivia y el unicornio azul (Olivia and the Blue Unicorn)

Editorial Santillana Ecuador

• Te acompañará el viento (The Wind Will Acompany You)

Grupo Editorial Norma

• ¿De dónde vienen los bebés de las hadas? (Where Do the Babies of the Faires Come From?)

Grupo Editorial Norma. 

2007 Events:

• The Ecuadorian National Ballet presents the premiere of “Pecas” based on five of Iturralde’s short stories from the book “From the Garden of the Golden Spiders” (Freckles and the Cockroaches)
• As president of the Ecuadorian Academy of Children and Young Adults participates in the organization with Girándula/IBBY Ecuador of the Reading Marathon, Quito, Ecuador
• Selected as one of Twelve Outstanding Women in Ecuador by Hogar Magazine, Ecuador
• Selected for the IBBY Ecuador Honor List for “Cuando callaron las armas” (When the Guns Fell Silent) and “¿De dónde vienen los bebés de las hadas?”  (Where Do the Babies of the Faires Come From?)

• Presentation of “Las islas donde nace la Luna” (The Islands Where the Moon is Born) at the New York Book/Expo

• Selected as one of the Fifty Personalities that Marked the Year 2000 by Vistazo Magazine
• Colegio Politécnico y el Grupo de Arte produces the premier of a play based on “Lágrimas de ángeles” (Tears of Angels) 

• Fourth grandchild born, Adriaan Diederick van Maasdijk Bauer

Publications

• “El día de ayer” (The Day of Yesterday)
• “Los hijos de la Guacamaya” (The Children of the Macaw) 

  Editorial Alfaguara Grupo Santillana.

• “Las islas donde nace la Luna” (The Islands Where the Moon is Born)

The Islands Where the Moon is Born (English translation)

Grupo Editorial Norma

• “Cuando callaron las armas” (When the Guns Fell Silent)

Editorial Norma Internacional.

• Un país llamado Ecuador

ISCOD-País Valenciano 

2006 Events:

• First contest Edna Iturralde Award for Children and Young Adults Literature, established by Fundación Hoy en la Educación.
• Nominated to the IBBY/ Ecuador Honor list for “Lágrimas de ángeles” (Tears of Angels) and “J.R. Machete”
• Founds and becomes president of the “Ecuadorian Literary Academy for Children and Young Adults”

Publications:

• “Cuando callaron las armas” (When the Guns Fell Silent)

 Editorial Santillana.

• Los sapísmos detectives (The Smart Frogs Detectives)

 Revista Elé for Children 2005

• “Verde fue mi selva” (Green Was My Forest) selected for the second time by Mexico’s Ministry of Education for inclusion in school libraries
• Nominated for the Iberoamerican Contest for Children and Young Adults Literature
• Awarded Skipping Stones Award for es “Un día más y otras historias-cuentos de animales en peligro de extinción” (One Day More and Other Stories-Tales of Animals in Danger of Extinction) 

Publications:

• “Miteé y el cantar de las ballenas” (Mitee and the Song of the Whales)
• “Lágrimas de ángeles” (Tears of Angels)

Editorial Santillana 

2004 Events:

• Awarded National Award to the Arts Quitsa-To for Children and Young Adults Literature
• Presented her books at the Lectorum Book Store and the Ecuadorian Consulate in New York
• Universidad Técnica del Norte presents a play based on “Entre cóndor y león”

Publications: 

• “Entre cóndor y león” (Between Condor and Lion)
•  “Un día más y otras historias- historias de animals en peligro de extinción” (One Day More and Other Stories-Tales of Animals in Danger of Extinction). Editorial Santillana 

• “Los grandes irán y los chiquitos quedarán” (The Big Ones Will Leave and the Small Ones Will Stay) . Patronato Provincial de Pichincha

2003 Events:

• “…..Y su corazón escapó para convertirse en pájaro” (…and His Heart Scaped to Become a Bird) selected by the Mexican Ministry of Education for inclusion in all National School Libraries
• Honor Award, Municipality of Quito for “J.R. Machete”
• First Ecuadorian writer to publish with Grupo Editorial Norma: “Aventura en los Llanganates” (Adventure in the Llanganates), “El Pirata Barbaloca”/ “El gran secreto”, (Crazy Beard and The Great Secret) y “El misterio de las bolitas de colores” (The Mystery of the Colored Balls)
• Dartmouth College visiting professor, Summer conference: “Children’s Literature with Latin-American Identity”
• Scholastic Books recommends “Verde fue mi selva”, (Green Was My Forest) “Caminates del Sol” (Walkers of the Sun), and “…Y su corazón escapó para convertirse en pájaro” (…and His Heart Scaped to Become a Bird)
• 3rd grandchild born Kilian Lefant van Maasdijk

Publications

• “J. R. Machete”. Editorial Santillana

• “Aventura en los Llanganates” (Adventure en the Llanganates). Grupo Editorial Norma

• “El Pirata Barbaloca” / “El gran secreto” (Crazy Beard / The Great Secrete). Grupo Editorial Norma

• “El misterio de las bolitas de colores” (The Mistery of the Color Balls). Grupo Editorial Norma 

2002 Events:

• Skipping Stones Award for “Verde fue mi selva”, (Green Was My Forest) United States
• Honor Award from Municipality of Quito for “Caminantes del Sol” (Walkers of the Sun)
• Honor Award from the Provincial Council of Pichincha for, “Los grandes se irán y los chiquitos se quedarán” (The Bigger Ones Will Leave and the Smaller Ones Will Stay)
• Visiting professor at summer conference on “Children’s Literature and Racism in Latin-America”, Dartmouth College, United States

Publications

• “Caminantes del Sol” (Walkers of the Sun). Editorial Santillana

• “Torbellino” (Whirlwind). Editorial Santillana. 

2001 Events:

• Nacional Award Darío Guevara Mayorga for Children and Young Adults Literature for: “…Y su corazón escapó para convertirse en pájaro”, (…and His Heart Scaped to Become a Bird)
• Dartmouth College visiting professor summer conference: “Negritude in the Andean Countries and the Creation of Children’s Literature”
• Second grandchild born Taceo Lenfant van Maasdijk

Publications

• “…Y su corazón escapó para convertirse en pájaro”, (…and His Heart Scaped to Become a Bird). Editorial Santillana 

2000 Events:

• Becomes a Professor of Creative Writing for foreign students Universidad San Francisco, Quito, Ecuador

1999 Events:

• 1st grandchild born in Holland Chaz Lenfant van Maasdijk 

1998 Events:

• Cornell University takes creative writing course
• Moves for one year to Ithaca, New York, with husband and youngest children
• Becomes the first Ecuadorian writer of Children’s and Young Adult Literature to be published in Ecuador by Editorial Alfaguara, Grupo Santillana

Publications:

• “Verde fue mi selva” (Green Was my Forest)

 Editorial Santillana.

• Ser y compartir (60 stories to teach values). Editorial Libresa/UNICEF 

1997 Events

Publications:

• “Un día más y otras historias”, (One Day More and Other Stories). UNICEF Ecuador. 

1996 Events:

• Writes, produces and directs “Juguemos al Teatro”, (Let’s Play Theater-15 radio programs) to promote, conflict resolution, increase emotional intelligence and promote reading by poor pre-school children for Educational Development Center, United States.
• Organizes writing and publication of an anthology of Christmas stories by Ecuadorian authors for children and young adults
• Founded the Unión de Escritores y Escritoras de Literatura Infantil (UDELI Union of Children’s Writers to promote writers and the publishing of children’s and young adult literature)

Publications:

• “Ser y compartir” (To be and to share). UNICEF/Ministry of Education, Ecuador 1995

Based on collection of original field qualitative data identifies lack of self-esteem and national identity to be key theme for children’s and young adult literature in Ecuador

1994 Events:

• As a consultant with PLAN International; “Working Boys Program”, prepares and teaches to make an Ecological Magazine for the Young: “Es tú mundo  y tú decides” (It’s Your World and You Decide)

Publications:

• “Manual de relaciones públicas” (Public Relations Manual) . Plan International Ecuador 

1993 Events:

• Resigns as director of La Cometa Ecological Magazine
• Prepares report for World Bank on reading and education

Publications:

• “Importance of Reading at an Early Age”. World Bank, Ecuador

• “Aventura en los Llanganates” (Adventure in the Llanganates). Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, Ecuador 

1991 Events:

• Works as a travel agent at Kleintours, in Quito (3 years)

Publications:

• “Verde fue mi selva” (Green Was My Forest). UNICEF Ecuador 

1990 Events:

Publications:

• “Junto al cielo-cuentos sobre Quito” (Near the Sky-Tales About Quito). Cosmos Editores 

1989 Events:

Publications:

• “Los Sapísimos detectives” (The Smart Frog Detectives). La Cometa, Quito 

1988 Events:

• 6th child born Nicholas Devereux Kernan

Pubications:

• “Los Ecochicos” (The Ecochildren) La Cometa

1987 Events:

• Reformulates La Cometa as an ecological magazine

Publications:

• “Desde el jardín de las arañas doradas” (From the Garden of the Golden Spiders). Casa de la Cultura, Ecuador

Editorial Arcoirís 

• La patrulla del páramo (The Paramo’s Patrol) Revista La Cometa

1986 Events:

• 5th child born Henry Edward Kernan

Publications:

• La patrulla del páramo (The Paramo’s Patrol)

1985 Events:

• Marries Bruce Sherrill Kernan

Publications:

• ¡Oh!, la historia tralalá …! (Oh! History lalala…!) La Cometa

1982 Events

• Founds and directs the first Ecuadorian chidren’s magazine La Cometa which is distributed free with the newspaper Diario Hoy & reaches approximately 275,000 children per week
• First husband dies in an airplane accident.

1981 Events

• Works at VIP Publicity as creative director of educational campaigns to generate environmental awareness

1980 Events

• Fourth child born Carolina van Maasdijk

Publications:

• 1st story published in El Comercio newspaper in Section Tales of Ecuador
• Panchita, la hipopótama bailarina (Panchita the Dancing Hipo). Revista Panorama, El Comercio, Quito 

1977 Events:

• Moves to Quito, Ecuador

1976 Events:

• Third child born Willem van Maasdijk, Guayaquil Ecuador
• Begins writing children’s stories to read to her children

1975 Events:

• Moves to Guayaquil, Ecuador
• Organizes reading at the Guayaquil Play Group

1973 Events:

• Organizes an experimental reading group for children 1 to 3 years in Lima, Perú.

1972 Events:

• 2nd child born Eric van Maasdijk in Lima, Peru
• Moves with her husband to Lima, Peru

1971 Events:

• Born 1st child Diana van Maasdijk Quito, Ecuador
• Closes boutique “Carnaby Street”

1970 Events

• Marries Diederick van Maasdijk

1969 Events:

• Opens the first boutique in Ecuador, “Carnaby Street”, in what was formerly the greenhouse of an old residence
• Designs clothes and jewelry in silver and copper

1968 Events:

• Awarded Best South America Travel Guide by Intrav Travel

1967 Events:

• Works as a tourist guide for Metropolitan Touring, Ecuador
• Works for two months as secretary in the cultural department of the United States Embassy, Quito

1967 Events:

• Graduates from the American School of Quito with degrees in Science, Baccalaureate and Bilingual Secretary
• First woman to win inter-school oratorical contests: First Prize Gold Medal President Otto Arosemena Gomez and Gold Medal from the Municipality of Quito Mayer Blasco Penaherrera. 

1965 Events:

• Writes for School Views, Colegio Americano newspaper

1959 Events:

• Begins writing “made to order” short stories for her classmates at Colegio Americano.

1958 Events:

• Attends Colegio Americano de Quito

1957 Events:

• Attends Colegio de América.

1955 Events:

• Returns to Ecuador & lives with grandparents
• Attends Santo Domingo de Guzman School.

1954 Events:

• Goes to school at Oakland Public School.
• Her mother and stepfather take her to live in Oakland, California.
• Her mother, Edna De Howitt, marries again

1949 Events:

• Father (Enrique Iturralde), an officer in the Ecuadorian Air Force, dies in an airplane accident at 28 years old.

1948 Events:

• Born, May 10 in Quito, Ecuador