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In chronicles aimed at children and young people, with a new project and illustrations by Mayara Lista, Drummond deals with everyday life with a lot of humor and lightheartedness.
In this new edition of Criança dagora é fogo , with additional texts and new illustrations, the great storyteller Carlos Drummond de Andrade paints a sensitive and fun portrait of everyday life, which will certainly delight children and young people of all ages.
In the book's opening story, a four-year-old girl goes to a restaurant with her father and demonstrates her "ultra-youth power." The following story, "At the Police Station," tells the mother's unusual reaction upon discovering the true reason her son was arrested. In "Tareco, Badeco, and the Boys," two children have fun calling a stranger—after all, "kids are hot stuff these days!" The dispute between two siblings who live in a boarding school and live in anticipation of receiving a gift with their godfather's visit is the theme of "A Case of Choice." "You Will Be a Minister" shows the consequences of choosing an unusual name for a child. "On the Road" tells the story of a bow-legged boy who only wanted to play like the others. In "The Secret of the Safe," a boy discovers what was in the large, mysterious safe built into the wall of his house. "The Little Girl and the Manager" follows a little girl left by her father with a store employee for "fifteen minutes, tops." "The Other Lady" shows a girl writing an essay for Mother's Day. And in "The Mouth, on Paper," the poet helps a young friend talk about the mouth, because, after all, "it's always through it that we speak of it."
Children and teenagers today, as well as those of yesterday, will love Drummond's sensitive prose. A refined writer, capable of creating delightful tales based on everyday life.
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