RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS BULLETIN 62

July 2008



PART XXI:
Children’s Books


See also items 49 & 198.
351. COELHO, F. Adolfo (1847-1919). Jogos e rimas infantis. Lisbon: Arquimedes Livros, 2008. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 95 pp. One of 80 copies. ISBN: 978-972-8917-42-5. $25.00
Facsimile reprint of the second edition, Porto: Companhia Portugueza Editora, 1919. According to Porbase, the first edition had appeared with the same collation, date and imprint.


352. LETRIA, José Jorge. A coragem do general sem medo Humberto Delgado. Evelina Oliveira, illus. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2008. Colecção O Sol e a Lua, 60. Lge. 4° (22.1 x 22.05 cm.), publ. illus. bds. 42 pp., (2 ll.), profusely illus. in color. ISBN: 978-989-625-294-6. $30.00
José Jorge Letria's A dúvida melódica was awarded the Prémio de Poesia Cidade da Amadora, 1993. Born in Cascais in 1951, he has published at least 33 volumes of poetry, a number of which have also been awarded literary prizes, including the Prémio Eça de Queiroz–Município de Lisboa (twice), the Prémio Gulbenkian, and others. See Machado, Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, p. 266. His historical novella, Morro bem, salvem a pátria (2005), was set around the assassination of Sidónio Pais at the Rossio Station in Lisbon, December 1918. From January 1994 until January 2002 Letria was Vereador da Cultura for the Câmara Municipal de Cascais.
Born in Abrantes in 1961, Evelina Oliveira has illustrated at least a dozen children's books. She has participated in numerous art exhibitions both in Portugal and abroad.


353. LETRIA, José Jorge. Novas rimas traquinas. João Fanha, illus. Lisbon: Terramar, 2008. Colecção Abracadabra, 11. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 49 pp., (1 p. advt.), (1 l.), illus. ISBN: 978-972-710-413-0. $20.00


354. MOUTINHO, José Viale. Há um ladrão debaixo da cama! Marta Madureira, illus. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2007. Colecção Novos Illustradores, 9. 4°, publ. illus. bds. [16 ll.], profusely illus. in color. ISBN: 978-989-625-080-5. $15.00
Viale Moutinho, a native of Madeira (b. 1945) and a journalist, who has worked for the Diário de noticias, Lisbon, has produced at least 12 volumes of poetry, 12 of fiction, 8 children's books, and 7 works of essays or interviews. See Machado, Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 329–330. His Já os galos pretos cantam (2003), a volume consisting of four stories set during the Spanish Civil War, was awarded the Prémio Edmundo Bettencourt by the Câmara Municipal do Funchal, 2003. His No pasarán: cenas e cenários da guerra civil de Espanha was awarded the Prémio Norberto Lopes da Casa da Imprensa (1998), and Apenas uma estátua equestre na Praça da Liberdade (2002) was awarded the Grande Prémio do Conto, APE. Cenas da vida de um minotauro was awarded both the Prémio Orlando Gonçalves and the Grande Prémio do Conto, APE.


355. TORRADO, António. Corre, corre, cabacinha. Nelson Maia, illus. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2007. Colecção Novos Illustradores, 10. 4°, publ. illus. bds. [14 ll.], profusely illus. in color. ISBN: 978-989-625-195-6. $15.00
The author published twelve volumes of plays between 1981 and 2007, seven of which were aimed at children and adolescents. He has also written poetry and fiction as well as a book on education.


356. VIEIRA, Alice. O filho do demónio; A adivinha do Rei. Illustrations by Daniel Silvestre da Silva. Lisbon: Caminho, 2007. Histórias Tradicionais Portuguesas. Lge. 4°(27.3 x 21.25 cm.), publ. illus. bds. 27, (1) pp., profusely illus. in color. ISBN: 978-972-21-1948-1. $30.00
Alice Vieira is an author of some note, having achieved considerable success with her children's books.


357. VIEIRA, Alice. A machadinha e a menina tonta; O cordão dourado. Illustrations by Bela Silva. Lisbon: Caminho, 2006. Histórias Tradicionais Portuguesas. Lge. 4°(27.3 x 21.25 cm.), publ. illus. bds. 31, (1) pp., profusely illus. in color. ISBN: 972-21-1770-X. $30.00




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