The matchbox diary
Fleischman, Paul2014
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When a little girl visits her great-grandfather at his curio-filled home, she chooses an unusual object to learn about: an old cigar box. What she finds inside surprises her: a collection of matchboxes making up her great-grandfather's diary, containing objects she can hold in her hand, each one evoking a memory. Together they tell of his journey from Italy to a new country, before he could read and write - the olive stone his mother gave him to suck on when there wasn't enough food; a hairpin he found on the boat; a ticket still retaining the thrill of his first baseball game.
Main title:
The matchbox diary / Paul Fleischman ; illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline.
Imprint:
London : Walker Books, 2014.
Collation:
38 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 27 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2013.
ISBN:
9781406355352 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6FictionPOCPOC
Language:
English
BRN:
1832340
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