Puskhin Books My Sweet Orange Tree Jose Mauro de Vasconcelos

Isbn: 9781782692454

author: josé mauro vasconcelos

publisher: pushkin books

language: english

binding: paperback

summary: meet zezé - brazil's naughtiest and most lovable boy, his talent for mischief matched only by his great kindness. When he grows up, he wants to be a 'poet with a bow-tie', but for now he entertains himself by playing pranks on the residents of his family's poor rio de janeiro neighborhood and inventing friends to play with. That is, until he meets a real friend, and his life begins to change. . . My sweet orange tree is a worldwide classic of children's literature - never out of print in brazil since it was first published in 1968, it has also been translated into an astonishing number of languages and won the hearts of millions of young readers from korea to turkey, poland to thailand and in many other countries too.