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| Title: | En inglés, por supuesto
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| Author: | Josephine Nobisso |
| ISBN: | 0940112167 : 9780940112162 |
| Illustrations: | colour illus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 300x230mm |
| Pages: | 32 |
| Weight: | .246 Kg. |
| Published: | IPG (Gingerbread House) - September 2003 |
| List Price: | 5.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Fiction dealing with multiculturalism |
For ages 4 years and over. Set in the Bronx during the 1950s, when post-war immigrant children were placed in their first American classrooms, this delightful story tells of the riotous linguistic misunderstandings of Josephine's first day of school. The daughter of savvy Italian engineers, Josephine has lived in the city long enough to have learned a few words in English, but is overcome when her teacher makes her stand up in front of the class and tell about her life in Italy -- in English, of course. The result is a charming tale of adventures and multicultural miscommunications as Josephine attempts to make herself understood. Children will come to understand that sometimes people underestimate the talents and dignity of newcomers to the United States and will embark on a poignant journey as Josephine tells her incredible story the best way she knows how and attempts to understand her English-speaking teacher and classmates.
