When My Dad Went to the Jungle

When My Dad Went to the Jungle
Gusti, Anne Decis
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Hardback
h216 x 140mm - 40pg
1 Sep 2020 CAN
International import eta 7-19 days
9781771646703
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Age range 5 to 9A young boy shares exciting facts and stories about the peoples, plants, and animals who inhabit the Amazon rainforest. In this original, uplifting book from one of Argentina' s most acclaimed children' s writers, a young boy records his dad' s stories of the Amazonian jungle in his journal. As he does, he can' t help but compare his own life. When you visit the rainforest, you should ask the Sapara peoples for permission and be respectful, just like when you visit your neighbour in the city. Smoked fish is delicious in the rainforest - but hard to make in your bedroom. The rainforest is like a great big house for plants, animals, and spirits, but it' s disappearing, little by little. Filling his journal with imaginative drawings and words, the boy decides what he would do if he visited the rainforest: Invite the spirits for donuts and hot cocoa! Inspired by the author' s volunteer efforts to assist the Sapara peoples in protecting an endangered bird, When My Dad Went to the Jungle portrays a young boy exploring big ideas about the natural world. As he journals, the young boy realises that, even though life for the Sapara peoples is very different from his own, a little bit of the rainforest lives inside of all of us. If we let it grow, then we will always respect the lands we walk, gather, and play on.
"An admiring portrait of a father' s example and an introduction to the rainforest. "-Wall Street Journal"Gusti' s presentation of the Indigenous people he stayed with on a volunteer trip to the jungle is tender and respectful and rendered with humor through Theo, whose childlike fascination invites young readers to vicariously share his learning. "-Booklist
Gusti (the pseudonym for Gustavo Rosemffet) is a musician, ornithologist, illustrator and author. He is one of the most important illustrators in the Spanish speaking world and has won several awards. His book about his life with his son, who has Down Syndrome-Mallko y Papa-won the Bologna Ragazzi Prize for the best book on a child with a disability. His works have been translated into Japanese, English, French, German, Greek Korean, Portuguese, Hebrew and Catalan. He was born in Argentina and lives in Barcelona, Spain, with his wife, Anne Decis, and two sons. Anne Decis is a French author and illustrator who lives in Barcelona with her husband, Gusti, and their two children.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781771646703
Published: 1 Sep 2020
Published In: Canada
Imprint: Greystone Books Canada
Publisher: Greystone Books (Canada)
Format: Hardback
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Pages: 40

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