With warmth and an uncanny eye for detail, Bagram Ibatoulline gives expressive life to their journey through time - and towards each other.
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With a narrative entirely in dialogue, Paul Fleischman makes immediate the two characters' foray into the past. Together they tell of his journey from Italy to a new country, before he could read and write - the olive stone his mother gave him to suck on when there wasn't enough food a hairpin he found on the boat a ticket still retaining the thrill of his first baseball game. What she finds inside surprises her: a collection of matchboxes making up her great-grandfather's diary, containing objects she can hold in her hand, each one evoking a memory. When a little girl visits her great-grandfather at his curio-filled home, she chooses an unusual object to learn about: an old cigar box. 9781406355352 The Matchbox Diary 27.0000 NZD InStock /shop/books /shop/books/childrens-books /shop/books/childrens-books/picture-books/general /shop/books/childrens-books/picture-books A breathtaking immigration tale with appeal across generations. When a little girl visits her great-grandfather at his curio-filled home, she chooses an unusual object to learn about: an old cigar box. Together they tell of his journey from Italy to a new country, before he could read and write - the olive stone his mother gave him to suck on when there wasn't enough food a hairpin he found on the boat a ticket still retaining the thrill of his first baseball game. Diary (1973) Matchbook (1975) Diary is the second album by American guitarist and composer Ralph Towner recorded in 1973 and released on the ECM label. A breathtaking immigration tale with appeal across generations. Together they tell of his journey from Italy to a new country, before he could read and write - the. When a little girl visits her great-grandfather at his curio-filled home, she chooses an unusual object to learn about: an old cigar box. Some of the other boxes contain dried fish bones that represent how hard his family worked in the canneries, a ticket stub.