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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