Rolim era um umbigo bem redondo e enroscado, que vivia no meio de uma linda barriguinha e se julgava o centro do mundo. Adorava os banhos de mar e, quando lhe perguntaram o que queria ser quando seu corpo crescesse, ele sabia bem o que responder.
Ziraldo Alves Pinto is a Brazilian author, painter, comic creator, and journalist. He is normally known just as "Ziraldo." His books have sold about ten million copies, have been translated to many foreign languages and adapted to the theater and cinema. He and other progressive artists created the non-conformist comic newspaper "O Pasquim" during a period of military dictatorship in Brazil. His children's books have also been the basis of successful animated films and television series in Brazil. Ziraldo is father of the film director Daniela Thomas and the Golden Globe Award-nominated film score composer Antonio Pinto.