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La pequeña familia
“La pequeña familia” es un álbum sorprendente. Publicado originalmente en 1964, contiene cuatro historias deliciosamente absurdas escritas con frases sencillas y palabras cotidianas que se van repitiendo y sumando en una estructura acumulativa. Las coloridas ilustraciones de John Alcorn, uno de los referentes históricos de la ilustración pop, son el acompañamiento perfecto de esta obra que, lleva un glosario bilingüe final, como recurso para aquellos que quieran perfeccionar su vocabulario en inglés.
- GenresPicture Books
48 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1964
About the author
Sesyle Joslin
38 books13 followersSesyle Joslin is a children's literature author. Joslin's book What Do You Say, Dear? was illustrated by Maurice Sendak and it was a Caldecott Medal Honor book in 1959.
Joslin was born in Providence, RI, on August 30, 1929. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, she worked as an editorial assistant and assistant editor in Philadelphia, and was the book columnist at Country Gentleman magazine from 1949 through 1951. In 1950, she married writer Al Hine. The couple had three children. In addition, she served as a production assistant on Peter Brook's Lord of the Flies (1963 film) and worked on location in Puerto Rico.
In addition to writing under her own name, Joslin also used a few pseudonyms. Under the name Josephine Gibson, she and her husband wrote Is There a Mouse in the House? (Macmillan, 1965). And under the name G. B. Kirtland they wrote One Day in Ancient Rome (Harcourt, 1961), One Day in Elizabethan England (Harcourt, 1962), and One Day in Aztec Mexico (Harcourt, 1963).
Joslin was born in Providence, RI, on August 30, 1929. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, she worked as an editorial assistant and assistant editor in Philadelphia, and was the book columnist at Country Gentleman magazine from 1949 through 1951. In 1950, she married writer Al Hine. The couple had three children. In addition, she served as a production assistant on Peter Brook's Lord of the Flies (1963 film) and worked on location in Puerto Rico.
In addition to writing under her own name, Joslin also used a few pseudonyms. Under the name Josephine Gibson, she and her husband wrote Is There a Mouse in the House? (Macmillan, 1965). And under the name G. B. Kirtland they wrote One Day in Ancient Rome (Harcourt, 1961), One Day in Elizabethan England (Harcourt, 1962), and One Day in Aztec Mexico (Harcourt, 1963).
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July 16, 2019
Enjoyable and understandable at my level of french! It is one of those repetitive books, so it got a little irritating, but I can't complain, since it's for children.
June 12, 2023
LA PICCOLA FAMIGLIA di Sesyle Joslin e John Alcorn. La nuova versione di uno degli albi più belli per bambini che racchiude quattro racconti cumulativi nonsense dallo stile retrò e vintage. Da 4 anni <3 https://ilmondodichri.com/la-piccola-...
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