I like, I don't like / written by Anna Baccelliere ; illustrated by Ale+Ale.
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Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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CML Easy Fiction | University of Texas At Tyler CML Easy Fiction Area | B1166LI (Browse shelf) | Available | 0000002331148 |
"Original Italian text by Anna Beccelliere"--Title page verso.
"Children have different reactions to the same object due to their circumstances"--
Translated from Italian.
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School Library Journal Review
K-Gr 2-This picture book from Italy compares the lives of fortunate children with those who must work to survive. One page shows a carefree child lying on a plush rug with her teddy bear with the text, "I like rugs," while the opposite page depicts a girl working at a loom with the caption, "I don't like rugs." Another spread contrasts a little boy playing with plastic blocks ("I like bricks") with one who is forced to carry a heavy load of real bricks on his head ("I don't like bricks."). Two pages of endnotes briefly discuss child poverty and labor, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and ways for concerned citizens to get involved. The collage art, incorporating photographs of actual children, is powerful. This is a book for launching conversations; the subjects dealt with are highly complex ones with no easy answers, and the responsibility of corporations and consumers in the developed world in sustaining child labor is not addressed. Lois Brandt's Maddi's Fridge offers young readers a less overwhelming introduction to poverty. VERDICT A sobering title that may be used by parents and educators to teach about point of view, equity, and compassion.-Laura Simeon, Open Window School Library, Bellevue, WA © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.Author notes provided by Syndetics
Anna Baccelliere published her first children's book in 2004. Since then, she has written numerous books for children and young adults and won several literary awards. She currently lives in Italy, where she teaches lower secondary school and conducts creative writing workshops for adults and children.Ale + Ale is the creative team of Italian artists Alessandro Lecis and Alessandra Panzeri, who have been working together since 2000. Although they fantasize about creating collages in a space-ship orbiting earth, they can actually be found at their studio in Paris. To see samples of their artwork, visit www.ale-ale.net.
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