Morning Glory
by Sandra Comino
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Every single morning of his life, Ivan does the same thing. He gets up. He eats breakfast. He sits at the table. In theory, he does his homework. But instead of studying, Ivan sits at the table and stares hypnotically out the window, mesmerized by the huge morning glory vine growing on the opposite wall. One morning he spies a gigantic rat climbing the vine. His cry of horror soon unleashes a day of madness and misunderstanding. As more and more people respond to Ivan's cries -- his family, show more the neighbors, even the media -- the situation becomes increasingly frantic until finally, the Kafka-esque city bureaucracy steps in . . . This uproarious shaggy-dog story reminds young readers how easy it is to misunderstand a situation and how wildly people can overreact -- and how quickly things can spiral out of control. Quirky illustrations from the renowned Spanish artist Max enhance the absurdist humor that children adore. show lessTags
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Sandra Comino, ganadora del Premio Para Leer el XXI y del Premio Orilla del Viento, es escritora, docente y coordinadora de talleres de escritura y de promocion de la lectura. Miembro de ALIJA, la seccion argentina de IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People), Sandra trabaja capacitando a docentes y bibliotecarios en Buenos Aires y en show more el interior de Argentina. Ejerce ademas el periodismo y la critica literaria. Sus novelas y un libro de sus cuentos han sido publicados en Argentina, Mexico, Colombia y ahora en Canada y Estados Unidos. show less
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- Children's Books, Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 863.7 — Literature & rhetoric Spanish Literature Spanish fiction 21st Century
- LCC
- PQ7798.13 .O456 .E5313 — Language and Literature French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literatures Spanish literature Provincial, local, colonial, etc. Spanish America
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