Fairground Lights
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Fairground Lights
By (Author) Fran Nuo
Illustrated by Enrique Quevedo
Translated by Jon Brokenbrow
Cuento de Luz SL
Cuento de Luz SL
1st October 2013
Spain
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Picture storybooks: imagination and play
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Science fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members
800
Winner of Moonbeam Children's Book Awards 2013 (United States)
Physical Properties
Hardback
24
Width 209mm, Height 260mm, Spine 10mm
396g
Description
Winner at the 2013 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards
Fairground Lights is a moving, magical tale and a poetic tribute to old-time fairs. Its pages are full of surprises, and its colored lights will lead children on an enchanting tour of the carnival of their lives!
Guided Reading Level: N, Lexile Level: 910L
Reviews
"Every attraction here has a fanciful twist, and every illustration is a work of art. Quevedo provides complex and imaginative illustrations, like Fernando Botero crossed with Terry Gilliam; they invite readers to pore over them." --Kirkus Reviews
Author Bio
Fran Nuo is a writer, cultural enabler and book-editor. Author of more than thirty published books, almost all of them literature for children; novels, stories, poetry, theater and picture books. He has received several mentions and important awards, as much for its literary work as for his work promoting reading. he has been translated into Galician, Valencian, Catalan, English and German. The award-winning illustrator Enrique Quevedo lives in Sevilla, Spain.
