Selection - FNLIJ

Palmas e vaias
Ossos do ofício
Sonia Rosa. Illustrations by Salmo Dansa. Pallas. 26p.
ISBN 9788534704168
Florípedes experiences the changes of adolescence: a
new haircut, a toothache, her breasts get bigger and her
body stretches all of a sudden. Besides, she faces more
overturns: she changes of neighborhood and school.
She needs to meet new friends, and her new teachers
but faces differences and in order to surpass them she
decides to choose love, affection and attention of her
mother.
26 Fundação Nacional do Livro Infantil e Juvenil - FNLIJ
Text and illustrations by Roger Mello. Nova Fronteira.
(unpaged) ISBN 9788520923245
Do you know where Florisval is? Everybody wants to know
that. Florisval is a grave-digger. He works at the cemetery
and is always there taking care of things, organizing,
cleaning, and watering. But, all of a sudden, he got an
idea in his head and then… There is a mystery in the air:
nobody knows what happened. Do you? Roger Mello,
award-winning writer and illustrator, nominated by FNLIJ
for the 2010 IBBY Hans Christian Andersen Award,
involves the readers in a funny and enigmatic plot with
colored images arousing the reader’s imagination.
O pano de boca
Sandra Pina. Illustrations by Thais Linhares. Cortez. 31p.
ISBN 9788524914720
It was the first time that Junior visited the Municipal Theatre
(Opera House in Rio de Janeiro). Since he was interested in
his mother’s work he went there to learn a little about the
front curtain - also known as the grand drape. Curious, he
decided to explore the theatre: corridors, stairways, doors,
and mirrors, backstage, dressing rooms… Everything there
is huge and the theatre was empty. But where did the strange
noises come from? Slamming doors? Shadows? Draft? Junior’s
imagination runs wild, and that chilling feeling. After all, the
Municipal Theatre of Rio de Janeiro has many stories to tell.