My Sweet-orange Tree

José Mauro de Vasconcelos

Hutchinson

My Sweet-Orange Tree

Literature & Fiction

M.Joseph

My Sweet Orange Tree

Meet Zezé - Brazil's naughtiest and most loveable boy, his talent for mischief matched only by his great kindness. When he grows up he wants to be a 'poet with a bow-tie' but for now he entertains himself playing pranks on the residents of his family's poor Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood and inventing friends to play with. That is, until he meets a real friend, and his life begins to change...\nMy Sweet Orange Tree is a worldwide classic of children's literature - never out of print in Brazil since it was first published in 1968, it has also been translated into an astonishing number of languages and won the hearts of millions of young readers from Korea to Turkey, Poland to Thailand and in many other countries too.

Children's Books

Action & Adventure

Pushkin Children's Books

Fifty years after its first publication, the multimillion-copy international bestseller is available again in English, sharing the heartbreaking tale of a gifted, mischievous, direly misunderstood boy growing up in Rio de Janeiro. When the precocious Zeze grows up, he wants to be a poet in a bow tie. But for now he entertains himself playing clever pranks on the residents of his Rio de Janeiro shantytown, stunts for which his parents and siblings punish him soundly. Now that his father is out of work, the beatings have become harsher, and life has gotten bleaker. Zeze's only solace comes from his time at school, his hours secretly spent singing with a Bahian street musician, or his time of refuge with his magical orange tree, which both listens and offers him sage advice. But finally, Zeze meets a real friend and his life begins to change -- opening him up to both human tenderness and wrenching sorrow. Never out of print in Brazil since it was first published in 1968, My Sweet Orange Tree, inspired by the author's own childhood, has been translated into many languages and has won the hearts of millions of young readers across the globe.

Candlewick on Brilliance Audio

252pages. poche. broché. Quand il sera grand, Zézé veut être "poète avec un noeud papillon. . . " Pour l'instant, c'est un petit brésilien de cinq ans qui découvre la vie. À la maison, c'est un vrai diablotin qui fait bêtises sur bêtises et reçoit de terribles fessées. À l'école au contraire, José est un "ange" au coeur d'or et à l'imagination débordante qui fait le bonheur de sa maîtresse tant il est doué et intelligent. Cependant, même pour un enfant gai et espiègle, la vie est parfois difficile dans une famille pauvre du Brésil. Alors, quand il est triste, Zézé se réfugie auprès de son ami, Minguinho, un petit pied d'oranges douces, à qui il confie tous ses secrets. Mon bel oranger est un roman autobiographique dans lequel José Mauro de Vasconcelos raconte avec nostalgie et émotion son enfance brésilienne. -Nathalie Christoux

Mon bel oranger (French Edition)

Hachette

This is a story conceived by 42 years yet written in merely 12 days, a story that has moved hundreds of millions of readers to tears. And it is a children fiction with autobiographic flavor. The author accurately mimics the tone of a five-year-old boy, recording a period of warm yet sad life episode. The five-year-old boy is smart and premature, he is sensitive by nature, loves American Western films and singing, and he always diverts himself from frustration and unhappiness in his fantasy world.

Meu Pe de Laranja Lima/ My Sweet Orange Tree (Chinese Edition)

People's Literature Publishing House

My Dear Sweet Orange Tree is a novel with the sense of autobiography, in which the author narrates a warm and sentimental life segment in the speaking way of a five-year old boy. The meld of reality and fairytale, and the incorporation of growth and sufferings pay deep respect to the past childhood of every adult, and could be regarded as the direction of adults when dealing with children.

My Dear Sweet Orange Tree

Tide Press

Meu Pé de Laranja Lima (French Edition)

Melhoramentos

Meu Pé de Laranja Lima

Editora Melhoramentos Ltda

Na obra juvenil mais conhecida de Jose Mauro, a pobreza, a solidao e o desajuste social vistos pelos olhos ingenuos de uma crianca de seis anos. Nascido em uma familia pobre e numerosa, Zeze e um menino especial, que envolve o leitor ao revelar seus sonhos e desejos, por meio de conversas com o seu pe de laranja lima, encontrando na fantasia a alegria de viver.

Meu Pe de Laranja Lima (Nova Ortografia) (Em Portugues do Brasil)

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