My Name is Gabito / Me Llamo Gabito
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My Name is Gabito / Me Llamo Gabito by Monica Brown
Can you imagine a shipwrecked sailor living on air and seaweed for eight days? Can you imagine a trail of yellow butterflies fluttering their wings to songs of love? Once, there was a little boy named Gabito who could. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is perhaps one of the most brilliant writers of our time. He is a tremendous figure, enormously talented, and unabashedly admired. This is his story, lovingly told, for children to enjoy. Using the imagery from his novels, Monica Brown traces the novelist's life in this creative nonfiction picture book from his childhood in Colombia to today. This is an inspiring story about an inspiring life, full of imagination and beauty.Monica Brown is the author of numerous award-winning multilingual children's books, many of which are inspired by her Peruvian ancestry. Monica is an English professor at Northern Arizona University who specializes in American literature. Multicultural Literary and Hispanic Literature She is a resident of Flagstaff, Arizona. Monica Brown's website is monicabrown.net.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780873589086 |
| ISBN 10 | 0873589084 |
| Title | My Name is Gabito / Me Llamo Gabito |
| Author | Monica Brown |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. |
| Year published | 2007-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature (Children/Young Adult) 2008 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |