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O dia em que todos disseram não
Text and illustrations by Nelson Cruz. Global.
30p. ISBN 9788526013964
Nelson Cruz, renowned illustrator and writer,
brings, in this book, the story of Valencio III,
Emperor of Altas Terras da Penúria and his
authority over the population. One day he
climbed the highest tower of the castle and
claimed the citizens of that small country to
take their weapons and go immediately to the
castle gardens. He was inviting the people to fight
against the neighboring countries. War? What for?
Nobody understood. They were all against war.
Kira
Roseana Murray. Illustrations by Elisabeth Teixeira.
Abacatte. (unpaged) ISBN 9788562549038
Roseana Murray, a renowned writer, writes in poetic
prose about the everyday life of Kira, a little girl, who
jumps and flies, gives name to winged things, awakes
the rooster, the house and its objects, and is dressed
in costumes up to the day the clock tells her it is time
to arrange her bedroom, take a shower, eat and go to
school.
Gabi, perdi a hora!
João Basílio. Illustrations by André Neves. Lê. 31p.
ISBN 9788532907134
Gabriela is a five-year-old girl who is extremely wise
and curious. She understands everything literally. One
day, after waking up late, her father said that he had
lost the hour and, therefore, was late. The girl decides
to help her father and look for the hour he had lost.
According to the girl the most difficult thing was to
search for something you don’t even know how it
looks like. After searching inside the house, she goes
out in order to accomplish her mission. The author
makes a lot of jokes with the sense of the words,
connotations and denotations. But what will happen
to Gabriela?
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