Letters in Charcoal
By Irene Vasco
Illustrators
Illustrated by Juan Palomino
Edition
By Irene Vasco
Hardcover edition
Publisher Lerner Imprint Lantana Publishing ISBN9781915244512
Letters in Charcoal
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9781915244512J
When one young girl makes the decision to learn to read, it changes her life forever.
In the pueblo of Palenque, hardly anybody knows how to read. When Gina begins to receive letters from a young doctor that she is sure contain promises of love, her little sister makes a decision that will change her life, and the lives of the other children in the pueblo, forever. With the help of Señor Velandia, the owner of the village shop, she will slowly unlock the letters of the alphabet and discover the magic of reading. And soon she will make a discovery that is more miraculous still--that letters are literally all around her.
Set in Colombia at the turn of the century, at a point when oral tradition was giving way to literacy, this joyful story about the power of reading to change lives for the better is told with sensitivity and warmth.
In the pueblo of Palenque, hardly anybody knows how to read. When Gina begins to receive letters from a young doctor that she is sure contain promises of love, her little sister makes a decision that will change her life, and the lives of the other children in the pueblo, forever. With the help of Señor Velandia, the owner of the village shop, she will slowly unlock the letters of the alphabet and discover the magic of reading. And soon she will make a discovery that is more miraculous still--that letters are literally all around her.
Set in Colombia at the turn of the century, at a point when oral tradition was giving way to literacy, this joyful story about the power of reading to change lives for the better is told with sensitivity and warmth.
Author’s note. Full-color digital illustrations.
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