Research Catalog

Title

João by a thread / by Roger Mello ; translated by Daniel Hahn.

Author

Mello, Roger

Publication

• Brooklyn, NY : Elsewhere Editions, 2022.
• ©2022

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hahn, Daniel
• Elsewhere Editions, publisher.

Description

48 unumbered pages : color illustrations; 16 x 24 cm

Summary

"As João tucks under a lovingly woven quilt, he asks himself: So it's just me now? He curls up, getting cozy in bed, and soon the world of his dreams unspools on the page. The blanket in his bed unravels into deep rivers, lakes, valleys, reservoirs, mountain ranges, fishing nets full of tadpoles and gaping holes, until what's left is just one long thread. When he feels alone and scared in the dark, João "sews words like patchwork" into a new blanket to cover himself up. He weaves the threads of his quilt until they form one long sentence, and soon, the nighttime is peppered with his own silvery, slippery words. The author-illustrator draws like a shapeshifter - to look at his illustrations is always to see something you missed before (a stingray, a crescent moon nestled into the palm of João's hand). His breathtaking line drawings, beaming in white thread against deep red, combined with poetic and bewildered language, make this a book to take into bed at the edge of sleep, just before you start to dream"--Publisher's website.

Uniform Title

João por um fio. English

Alternative Title

João por um fio.

Subject

• Bedtime > Juvenile fiction
• Blankets > Juvenile fiction
• Dreams > Fiction
• Blankets > Fiction
• Imagination > Fiction
• Bedtime
• Blankets
• Children's stories
• Dreams
• Imagination

Genre/Form

• Children's stories.
• Fiction.
• Juvenile works.
• Picture books.

Audience (note)

• Ages: 5-8

Language (note)

• In English, translated from the Portuguese.

Awards (note)

• Mildred L. Batchelder Award, Honor book, 2023.

Call Number

JFE 24-1091

ISBN

• 9781953861344
• 1953861342

OCLC

1346479695

Author

Mello, Roger, author, illustrator.

Title

João by a thread / by Roger Mello ; translated by Daniel Hahn.

Publisher

Brooklyn, NY : Elsewhere Editions, 2022.

Copyright Date

©2022

Edition

First Elsewhere edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Audience

Grades: K-3

Ages: 5-8

Language

In English, translated from the Portuguese.

Awards

Mildred L. Batchelder Award, Honor book, 2023.

Added Author

Hahn, Daniel, translator.

Elsewhere Editions, publisher.

Research Call Number

JFE 24-1091