ORIGINAL TITLE: Our Favourite Day AUTHOR: Joowon Oh ILLUSTRATOR: Joowon Oh TRANSLATOR: PUBLISHER: La Margherita Edizioni Editore YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2019 GENRE: Children story, Educational, Fiction RECOMMENDED AGE: 4+ (Native Italian Language Speakers); Prep+ (Italian Second Language Speakers) NUMBER OF PAGES: 34 FORMAT: Hardback 27.5cm x 23.5cm LANGUAGE: Italian ITALIAN DESCRIPTION: Il protagonista di questa storia è un nonno fuori dagli stereotipi: accudente, attento... e creativo. Il ritmo della storia, scandito dai gesti metodici e lenti del nonno, è perfetto per i bambini. Celebra i piaceri semplici e quotidiani con poesia. Ogni mattina il nonno fa colazione, bagna le piante, rassetta e prende l'autobus per la città. Ma c'è un giorno alla settimana che è super speciale..."Che cosa facciamo oggi, nonnino?" ENGLISH DESCRIPTION: Charmingly detailed illustrations help tell a touching tale of the bond between grandparent and grandchild in a quiet yet powerful debut. "Thursdays are my favourite days." "Mine, too." Every morning Grandpa follows his normal routine. He drinks his tea, waters his plants, tidies up, and takes the bus into town. Grandpa enjoys his daily tasks, but there's one day each week that is extra special. That's the day he might visit the craft shop, get two orders of dumplings to go, and possibly pick some flowers he sees along the path. With its spare text and wonderfully warm watercolour and cut-paper illustrations just begging to be pored over, Joowon Oh's tale of the singular love between a grandfather and granddaughter will nestle within the heart of every reader.
