My Name Is Gabito (English): The Life of Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780873589345)

Can you imagine a shipwrecked sailor living on air and seaweed for eight days? Can you imagine a trail of yellow butterflies fluttering their wings to songs of love? Once, there was a little boy named Gabito who could. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is perhaps one of the most brilliant writers of our time. He is a tremendous figure, enomously talented, and unabashedly admired. This is his story, lovingly told, for children to enjoy. Using the imagery from his novels, Monica Brown traces the novelist's life in this creative nonfiction picture book from his childhood in Colombia to today. This is an inspring story about an inspring life, full of imagination and beauty.

Author: Monica Brown
ISBN-10: 0873589343
ISBN-13: 9780873589345
Publisher: Cooper Square Pub
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2007
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 10.69h x 9.30w x 0.46d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.8
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 120623 / My Name Is Gabito: The Life of Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Award: Pura Belpre Award - Honor Book

Review Citation(s):
Foreword 11/01/2007 pg. 1
Booklist 02/01/2008 pg. 45
Multicultural Review 03/01/2008 pg. 71
Foreword 08/19/2009