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MATCHBOX DIARY, THE 
Author:   Paul Fleischman  
Illustrator:   Bagram Ibatoulline  
RRP:   $27.99
Online Price :  $25.20
10+ Copy Price :  $23.80         
Format:   Hardback 
Type of Book:   Overseas Picture Book 
ISBN:   9780763646011
Category:   Historical
Migration
Italy
Poverty
Family Life
Grandparents
Diary
Resilience
Relationships
Published:   8/05/2014
Status:   Indent/Backordered
This title can be ordered but is not in stock in Australia. We can order stock from our Overseas suppliers, 2-4 weeks approximate delivery time depending on availability.


DESCRIPTION:

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. 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. 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. With a narrative entirely in dialogue, Paul Fleischman makes immediate the two characters' foray into the past. With warmth and an uncanny eye for detail,



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