My Name Is Gabito
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"Can you imagine a shipwrecked sailor living on air and seaweed for eight days? Can you imagine a trail of yellow butterflies fluttering their wings to songs of love? Once, there was a little boy named Gabito who could. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is perhaps one of the most brilliant writers of our time. He is a tremendous figure, enormously talented, and unabashedly admired. This is his story, lovingly told, for children to enjoy. Using the imagery from his novels, Monica Brown traces the novelist's life in this creative nonfiction picture book from his childhood in Colombia to today. This is an inspiring story about an inspiring life, full of imagination and beauty."-- "A Gabriel García Márquez lo conocen y lo admiran en todos los rincones del planeta. Ha escrito más de treinta libros que se han traducido a muchos idiomas. Sus maravillosas historias, que están llenas de personajes y lugares mágicos, le hicieron merecedor del Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1982. 'Gabo', como lo llaman cariñosamente, nació en Colombia y creció rodeado de historias. Algunas las contaban sus abuelos. Otras, las escuchaba en el pueblo. Y su loro, Lorenzo el Magnífico, le contó otras tantas..."
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Monica Brown
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Raúl Colón
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Conoce a Gabriel García Márquez
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My Name Is Gabito/Mi Llamo Gabito
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My Name Is Gabito
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My Name Is Gabito (Bilingual)
- MNMy Name Is Gabito / Me llamo Ga...Monica Brown, Raúl Colón
My Name Is Gabito / Me llamo Gabito
- MNMy Name Is GabitoMonica Brown
My Name Is Gabito
- MNMy name is GabitoMonica Brown
My name is Gabito