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O mais querido do Brasil: em quadrinhos
Text and illustrations by Ziraldo. Globo. 112p. ISBN 9788525047526
Todo-poderoso timão: em quadrinhos
Text and illustrations by Ziraldo. Globo. 112p. ISBN 9788525047120
The history of Flamengo, the beloved soccer team from Rio de Janeiro
is told in a playful way by the renowned Brazilian writer and illustrator,
Ziraldo. The story tells about Flamengo’s foundation, as a regatta
club, the decision of part of Fluminense soccer players to create a new
team, the origins of rivalry with Fluminense, the most important titles
conquered and the songs inspired by the team’s glory among other
moments on the history of Flamengo.
In Todo-poderoso timão, five guys who love soccer decide to organize
a team. One hundred years later they are still remembered for having
founded the Sport Club Corinthians Paulista. Many things happened
along those years and the book, in comic format, tells the main facts of
the history of the team, bringing events, symbols, conquests and even
defeats of this great team.
A minha Segunda Guerra
João Barone. Panda Books. 156p. ISBN 9788588948983
Barone presents in this book a collection of articles he wrote about his
participation in the celebrations of the 60 years of the Allied landing
in Normandy. He shares with the readers, in a simple and emotional
way, the rescue of his relationship with his father, a Second World War
hero. After crossing the Atlantic Ocean with his original Jeep from the
Second World War, he gives an account of this exciting adventure scene
and teaches, those who dream getting to the battle set, how to get there.
During his trip he met the Brazilian flying ace, Pierre Clostermann,
who has effectively participated at the D-Day. Clostermann, who was honored by the Brazilian
Air Force, gave his last and important interview, a precious and emotional testimony about the
conflict. This story is worth the book.
O nascimento do universo
Judith Nuria Maida. Illustrations by Fernando Vilela.
Ática. (unpaged) ISBN 9788508120475
Putting together scientific rigor and poetry, this book
tell the children, in an comprehensible way, a story that
has amazed humanity from thousands and thousands of
years: the origin of the Universe. The book, written in a
poetical language fit for children, presents the “Big Bang”
theory, which is a likely explanation about the beginning of the Universe. The illustrations by
Fernando Vilela, recipient of the Honorable Mention of the New Horizons Category at the
2007 Bologna Children’s Book Fair, enhance the text.
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