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The city / [Orecchio Acerbo ; English translation by] Armin Greder.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
YGN GRED	Youth Graphic Novel		Chester Hill .	. On Loan .	21 Jun 2024

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781742371429
Name	Acerbo, Orecchio
Uniform title	Città. English
Title	The city / [Orecchio Acerbo ; English translation by] Armin Greder.
Published	Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2010.
Description	[31] p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Notes	English translation of "La città" by Orecchio Acerbo.
Summary	Some time ago, in a big city in a distant country where winter would sometimes last three years, there lived a woman. She had a child. A son. And because she loved him very much she promised herself that he should be spared the terrible things that happened in life, and with him in her arms she left her house and the city. And in a place where there were no roads and no bridges she built him a house and in it she cared for him and was happy. But one moonless night she died...
Target audience note	For children.
Reading Program Note	Premier's Reading Challenge 7-9.
Reading Program Note	Premier's Reading Challenge 9+.
Subjects	Premier's Reading Challenge 7-9
Subjects	Premier's Reading Challenge 9+
Genre	Children's stories
Other Names	Greder, Armin
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Children's stories . Premier's Reading Challenge 7-9 . Premier's Reading Challenge 9+ . See Also: Children's literature . Fairy tales . Fiction . Storytelling . Authors: Acerbo, Orecchio . Greder, Armin .