Gregoire, Fabian: Los Ninos De La Mina. (Children of the Mine.).Gregoire, Fabian LOS NINOS DE LA MINA. (CHILDREN OF THE MINE.) ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 848470-234-0. Translated by Carlos Fanlo Malagarriga. Barcelona: Corimbo, 2006. 45 pp. $19.95. The horror and abuses suffered by young miners in the early 1900s in coal mines in Spain are depicted through appropriately somber watercolor illustrations and a brief text, which appears as captions and accompanies each illustration--from two to four panels per page. Despite the almost melodramatic mel·o·dra·mat·ic adj. 1. Having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama: "a melodramatic account of two perilous days spent among the planters" Frank O. Gatell. tone and plot, the fictional lives of young Luis and Toni, who had to quit school to work in the coal mine to help support their families, depict the appalling conditions, hard work, lung diseases lung disease Pulmonary disease Pulmonology Any condition causing or indicating impaired lung function Types of LD Obstructive lung disease–↓ in air flow caused by a narrowing or blockage of airways–eg, asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis; , explosions, and premature deaths that certainly existed in numerous countries. A nine-page afterword af·ter·word n. See epilogue. , with black-and-white photos, provides further information about coal, Spanish miners, and child labor child labor, use of the young as workers in factories, farms, and mines. Child labor was first recognized as a social problem with the introduction of the factory system in late 18th-century Great Britain. in mines around the world. Neither uplifting nor cheerful, this indictment against child labor was originally published by L'Ecole des Loisirs, Paris. Ages 7-10. Isabel Schon is Director, Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents, California State University San Marcos California State University San Marcos - (CSUSM) http://coyote.csusm.edu/. . From joyful bilingual board books for the very young to ingenious fantasies to informative books about pumpkins, child labor, and religions, these recently published books in Spanish are sure to appeal to, entice, and/or inform Spanishspeaking readers (or Spanish learners). |
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