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The Matchbox Diary
Fleischmann Paul
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Description for The Matchbox Diary
Paperback. A breathtaking immigration tale with appeal across generations. Illustrator(s): Ibatoulline, Bagram. Num Pages: 40 pages, chiefly illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: YBCS. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 268 x 246 x 5. Weight in Grams: 228.
A breathtaking immigration tale with appeal across generations. When a little girl visits her great-grandfather at his curio-filled home, she chooses an unusual object to learn about: an old cigar box. What she finds inside surprises her: a collection of matchboxes making up her great-grandfather's diary, containing objects she can hold in her hand, each one evoking a memory. Together they tell of his journey from Italy to a new country, before he could read and write - the olive stone his mother gave him to suck on when there wasn't enough food; a hairpin he found ... Read more
A breathtaking immigration tale with appeal across generations. When a little girl visits her great-grandfather at his curio-filled home, she chooses an unusual object to learn about: an old cigar box. What she finds inside surprises her: a collection of matchboxes making up her great-grandfather's diary, containing objects she can hold in her hand, each one evoking a memory. Together they tell of his journey from Italy to a new country, before he could read and write - the olive stone his mother gave him to suck on when there wasn't enough food; a hairpin he found ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Walker Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
40
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781406355352
SKU
V9781406355352
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Ref
99-5
About Fleischmann Paul
Paul Fleischman won a Newbery Medal for Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices and a Newbery Honor for Graven Images. He is the author of numerous titles, including picture booksThe Dunderheads and The Dunderheads Behind Bars, as well as young adult fiction, poetry, plays, and nonfiction. Paul Fleischman lives in Santa Cruz, California. Find Paul online at ... Read more
Reviews for The Matchbox Diary
A moving glimpse into (the character's) childhood.
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