Ayobami and the Names of the Animals

Info autore

María del Pilar López Ávila (Cartagena, Spain 1969) is an award-winning writer of children’s stories. Her passion for children's literature began when she was very young, and at the age of nine, she was already writing children's stories. In December 2010, she was awarded the third position in the Joaquín Sama Awards for Educational Innovation in the category “A More Civic and Caring Cchool,” for the project entitled, “Use of Waste Materials.” She has published Ayobami and the Names of Animals (2017), winner of the International Latino Book Awards in 2018, and The Kite of Dreams (2019) with Cuento de Luz.
Ávila is married and the mother of 3 children. She has a Ph.D. in Veterinary Medicine, currently working as a Biology and Geology teacher at a high school in Cáceres. She is also the director of the Teatro Paraíso.

Riassunto

Winner at The 2018 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Books

Ayobami is an African girl who dreams of going to school. After war comes to an end, she can finally return to the schoolhouse. But in order to do so, she has to take a dangerous path through the jungle. Armed only with a piece of paper and a worn-out pencil, she embarks on a hazardous journey to fulfil her unweaving desire to learn and write.


This is a tale about the importance of education, the difficulties that many children have to overcome to go to school, and the perseverance and enthusiasm of those who want to learn.

Guided Reading Level: N, Lexile Level: 550L



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Testo aggiuntivo

"With the feel of an Aesop’s fable, this story is both empowering and reflective of the joy school can bring to children whose lives have been disrupted by war. Beautiful illustrations in graphite, watercolor, and colored pencil lend an ethereal, magical quality to this unnamed place, where dangerous creatures have endearing faces, and
letters of the alphabet flutter around Ayobami like protective stardust." ~ Booklist

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Pilar Lopez Avila, Pilar López Ávila
• Con la collaborazione di: Mar Azabal (Illustrazione)
• Editore: Cuento de Luz SL
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 30.04.2018
• Categoria: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata
• EAN: 9788416733422
• ISBN: 978-84-16733-42-2
• Numero di pagine: 30
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 4 a 7 anni
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 21.5 x 26.6 x 1.2 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 462 g
• Categorie: JUVENILE FICTION / School & Education; JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / General; Children's Books / Ages 4-8 Fiction; JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance; JUVENILE FICTION / Places / Africa