| Could It Happen to Anyone? Contributor(s): Pavón, Mar (Author), Wimmer, Sonja (Illustrator), Brokenbrow, Jon (Translator) |
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ISBN: 8415241038 ISBN-13: 9788415241034 Publisher: Cuento de Luz SL OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Parents |
| Dewey: E |
| Lexile Measure: 800 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 8.4" W x 10.3" (0.70 lbs) 32 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Finalist at the 2011 International Latino Book Awards. Balzo, a very restless boy, goes shopping with his mom and accidentally breaks some figurines. There is no reason to be angry ... couldn't it happen to anyone? Balzo goes shopping with his mother and they stop by a store where boys and girls can't touch anything. To stop himself from getting bored, he pretends to be a silkworm. But while he's playing, he accidentally knocks some figurines off a shelf, and worst of all, he bumps his head. Neither his mother nor the storekeeper seem to notice the lump; instead, they tell off Balzo as if he'd smashed the figurines (and caused the lump) on purpose.... On purpose? He was just playing around with his imaginary friends Unfortunately, no one is interested in knowing his part of the story... And mom is so angry she sounds line an ogre Once they get home, Balzo goes straight to bed when suddenly he hears this powerful sound: CRASH . Could it happen to anyone? Read the first pages of Could It Happen to Anyone? here below: |