Maya and the Courtyard of Colours

Maya has a bench-sized wish: paper flowers stretching all along the bare courtyard bench. When she hears snipping at Mom’s doorway, she discovers folded papel picado—and a chance to make flowers with Mom and the neighbour. Soon, more neighbours join in, but Maya’s enormous flower tears before it can open. Can she find a way to help the delicate paper flowers reach the bench without pulling their careful work apart?

As Maya tries smaller shapes, sunlight brings an unexpected kind of flower into view. With a warm family feel and lively sounds to enjoy together, this gentle story celebrates patience, shared creativity, and noticing beauty in an ordinary courtyard. Young readers can follow Maya’s changing ideas as she works alongside Mom and the neighbours, and grown-ups will find plenty of playful moments to bring to life when reading aloud.