The best tailor in Pinbauê / Eymard Toledo.
Material type:
TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: New York : Seven Stories Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2016Edition: First Seven Stories Press editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 32 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 1609808045
- 9781609808044
- Onkel Flores. English.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Books for Big Kids | Toledo Eymard | Available | 33111008705531 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The first book written and illustrated by Eymard Toledo shows one boy's pluck when his beautiful town is ruined by the arrival of a gray, dusty factory.
Uncle Flores is the best tailor in the small river town of Pinbaua in Brazil. He used to make beautiful dresses and colorful costumes for the carnival, but nowadays he only makes gray uniforms for the factory workers. The houses are covered with dust from the factory, the river water is murky, and everything is drab. Edinho, his nephew, comes by every day after school to help cut and iron the cloth and listen to his uncle's stories. The best ones begin with "Once upon a time...." But when the factory tells Uncle Flores they don't need his uniforms anymore, Edinho comes up with an ingenious idea to get his uncle back to work and make everyone in town happier and brighter. Soon Uncle Flores's house is the most popular one in town....
In The Best Tailor in Pinbaua a small act of beauty in the midst of environmental degradation reminds young readers of their own agency and of the life-affirming strength of family and community.
Translated from the original German into English.
"Original edition published under the title Onkel Flores"--Page facing title page.
"Triangle Square books for young readers"--Book jacket flap.
Uncle Flores is the best tailor in the town of Pinbauê in Brazil. He used to make colorful costumes for the carnival, but nowadays he only makes grey uniforms for the factory workers. The houses are covered with dust from the factory, the river water is murky, and everything is drab. Edinho, his nephew, comes by every day after school to help cut and iron the cloth and listen to his uncle's stories. But when the factory tells Uncle Flores they don't need his uniforms anymore, Edinho comes up with an ingenious idea to get his uncle back to work and make everyone in town happier...