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Three balls of wool (can change the world) / Yara Kono, Henriqueta Cristina ; translated by Lyn Miller-Lachmann.
Exiled from their homeland, a young girl and her entire family are unhappy about the monochrome sweaters all children wear until Mom decides to make a change. Includes facts about Portugal's history and government, about Amnesty International, and the text of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781592702206
- ISBN: 1592702201
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: Brooklyn, New York : Enchanted Lion Books, 2017.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "In Association with: Amnesty International." "Originally published in Portugal by Planeta Tangerina ©2015 as Com 3 Novelos (o mundo dá muitas voltas)." |
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| Genre: | Fiction. Juvenile works. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date | |
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| Burlington Public Library | E CRISTINA | 39851001430207 | Picture Books – Life Changes and Relationships (Purple) | Copy hold | Available | - |
Henriqueta Cristina was born in 1960 in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, into a family with many brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts, cousins and stories (families are places that are full of stories). She graduated from the Faculty of Letters at Porto University and has been a teacher for over 30 years.
Yara Kono was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1972.She started making her first drawings on the wall of the sitting room. Her mother, who at first was not too pleased, finally gave in to the "artistic talents" of her daughter. From wall to paper, from paper to the computer the years have gone by.
Lyn Miller-Lachmann is the translator of The World in a Second and Lines, Squiggles, Letters, Words, and the author of the young adult novels Rogue, Gringolandia, and Surviving Santiago. She lives in New York City and spends part of each year in Lisbon. She blogs about Portugal, cultural diversity, and writing at lynmillerlachmann.com.
Yara Kono was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1972.She started making her first drawings on the wall of the sitting room. Her mother, who at first was not too pleased, finally gave in to the "artistic talents" of her daughter. From wall to paper, from paper to the computer the years have gone by.
Lyn Miller-Lachmann is the translator of The World in a Second and Lines, Squiggles, Letters, Words, and the author of the young adult novels Rogue, Gringolandia, and Surviving Santiago. She lives in New York City and spends part of each year in Lisbon. She blogs about Portugal, cultural diversity, and writing at lynmillerlachmann.com.