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Nereide S Santa Rosa
Alem de criar os famosos personagens infantis - Emilia, Narizinho, Visconde de Sabugosa, Dona Benta e tantos mais -, Monteiro Lobato brigou por suas ideias e opinioes, marcando sua presenca…
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Annemarie Schrage
Brasilianische Kultur - trotz der Loslosung des Landes von Portugal wird sie von aussen beeinflusst und gepragt, doch sie sucht nach Eigenstandigkeit und Ursprunglichkeit. Monteiro Lobato (1882-1948) zeigt Wege in…
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Monteiro Lobato
Monteiro Lobato is one of Brazil's most popular and beloved writers. He is best known for his series of imaginative children's books about Yellow Woodpecker Farm, or, as they say…
Patricia Rodrigues
As fabulas fazem parte do cotidiano de todas as criancas e passam de geracao em geracao. Quem nao ouviu pelo menos uma vez na vida a historia da cigarra e…
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A turma do Sitio do Picapau Amarelo zarpa a bordo do Beija-flor das Ondas em uma viagem a dois destinos do passado, a Grecia Mitologica e a Grecia Antiga. Mas…
Este e o unico romance adulto de Monteiro Lobato, que aborda, dentre outros temas, a segregacao racial, o feminismo e os debates do inicio do seculo XX. O cobrador Ayrton…
A translation of Monteiro Lobato’s A Chave do Tamanho. Though on one level a children’s novel, the book also carries deep socio-political undertones. It tells the story of a rag…
Saci (original title: O Saci) Bonus short stories: The Periscope (original title: O Periscopio), Caterpillars and Butterflies (original title: Lagartas e Borboletas) and The Second Jackfruit (original title: A Segunda…
Raised under the knuckles of Mistress Ignacia, the abused, dehumanised leading character in this story is a seven-year-old who, unnamed throughout the story, trusts her real name is Negrinha-a Portuguese…
Jose Bento Monteiro Lobato
Recreations by Retroussy Book Two (original title: Reinacoes de Narizinho volume dois)Bonus short story: The 7 League Boots (original title: As Botas de Sete Leguas)The second volume of the series…
Originally titled The Black President, or The Clash of the Races, by Brazilian writer Monteiro Lobato, the story is about a young man and woman in Brazil who use a…
A translation of Monteiro Lobato's "O Presidente Negro ou O Choque das Racas," presented in a bilingual format with English alongside the original Portuguese.
Monteiro Lobato was one of Brazil's…
