Pub Date: October 9, 2018
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2017057939
Lexile Code: 0600
Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 04 to 08
Physical Info: 0.50" H x 11.60" L x 10.20" W ( 1.30 lbs) 40 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Biographical | Latin America | Social Themes | Emotions and Feelings | Cooking and Food | Friendship | Poetry see also Stories in Verse | Concepts | Opposites | Places | Caribbean and Latin America | Love and Romance | Science and Nature | Flowers and Plants
Description: A poetic, beautifully illustrated picture book inspired by "Ode to the Onion" by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (1904D1973). Includes facts about Neruda and his muse Matilde, along with the original poem in Spanish and English. Full color. 1/5.
Brief description: Felicita Sala is the self-taught illustrator of several picture books, including All from a Walnut by Ammi-Joan Paquette, Be a Tree! by Maria Gianferrari, and The Hideout by Susanna Mattiangeli, as well as her own book of recipes for children, What's Cooking at 10 Garden Street? She grew up between Italy and Australia and now lives in Rome, Italy, with her family.
Review Quotes: "Onionskin endpapers are a nice touch to an introduction to the Chilean poet who paid tribute to familiar objects."
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