Orani : my father's village
Titre
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Orani : my father's village
Claire A. Nivola
Sommaire
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One of School Library Journal 's Best Nonfiction Books of 2011 One of Horn Book 's Best Nonfiction Books of 2011 As a child, Claire Nivola loved summers in Orani, the village where her father grew up and where her many aunts, uncles, and 50 cousins still lived. She ran freely through the town's cobbled streets with packs of cousins, who quizzed her about America while she took in all teh simple joys and pleasures of daily life in a village where surprises met them at every turn. In this sensuous homage of prose and pictures, Nivola invites readers to share in her experience of Orani, a village where surprises met them at every turn and luxuries were unheard of, but life was rich, lived close to the earth.
Date de publication comme intervalle
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2011
Description matérielle
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[36] p. : chiefly col. ill., col. maps
Note générale
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Maps from lining papers.
Vedette-matière - nom de personne
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Nivola, Claire A.-Childhood and youth.
Nivola, Claire A.-Family.
Nivola, Claire A.-Travel-Italy-Orani.
Terme de vedette-matière
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Community life -- Italy -- Orani.
Americans -- Italy -- Orani -- Biography.
Italy--Non Fiction
Customs--Non Fiction
Communities--Non Fiction
Terme géographique
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Orani (Italy) -- Social life and customs.
Orani (Italy) -- Description and travel.
Orani (Italy) -- Biography.
Orani (Italy) -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature.
Orani (Italy) -- Description and travel -- Juvenile literature.
Orani (Italy) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Résumé
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One of School Library Journal 's Best Nonfiction Books of 2011 One of Horn Book 's Best Nonfiction Books of 2011 As a child, Claire Nivola loved summers in Orani, the village where her father grew up and where her many aunts, uncles, and 50 cousins still lived. She ran freely through the town's cobbled streets with packs of cousins, who quizzed her about America while she took in all teh simple joys and pleasures of daily life in a village where surprises met them at every turn. In this sensuous homage of prose and pictures, Nivola invites readers to share in her experience of Orani, a village where surprises met them at every turn and luxuries were unheard of, but life was rich, lived close to the earth.
Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
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9780374356576
Informations de publication
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New York : Frances Foster Books, 2011.
| Bibliothèque | Numéro de rayon | Type de document | Code à barres du document | Statut |
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| Westbrook | 940 NIV | Book | 30197000112761 | Non-Fiction |