Manolito Four-Eyes: The 1st Volume of the Great Encyclopedia of My Life - Hardcover

Lindo, Elvira

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761453032 ISBN 13: 9780761453031

Publisher: Two Lions, 2008

Synopsis

The bestselling phenomenon from Spain about ten-year-old Manolito’s misadventures in Madrid.

“Don’t try to be different,” says Manolito’s mother. But he can’t help it—he doesn’t have to try. Whether he’s fighting over the One-and-Only Susana, trying not to fight with Ozzy the Bully, telling his entire life story to the school psychologist, or discovering the true meaning of World Peace, ten-year-old Manolito is a real original. As he’d say, in the worldwide world, there’s nobody like him! Join the unforgettable Manolito as he takes on life in Madrid. And for the first time, this bestselling phenomenon from Spain is available in English.

About this title

About the Author:

Elvira Lindo’s series about the adventures of Manolito Four-Eyes is a children’s classic in Spain, where it has inspired feature films and a TV series. It is also popular in other European countries. She has received Spain’s National Children’s Book Award, and her books are regularly translated into some twenty languages. She also works as a screenwriter, and she often contributes to El País newspaper, which is widely read in Spain and Latin America. She lives half of the year in New York City.

Emilio Urberuaga is a writer and illustrator in Spain whose work has been published all over the world.

Joanne Moriarty grew up in Quincy, Massachusetts, and currently resides in Brooklyn. She is a Spanish interpreter at New York Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 4–6—This is a translation of Manolito Gafotas, a contemporary novel for children in Spain that has also inspired feature films and television shows. All of the neighbors in the boy's Madrid suburb know the 10-year-old as Manolito Four-Eyes because he wears glasses with thick lenses. The story focuses on his everyday life with some of his favorite pals, such as "Big Ears" Lopez and his heartthrob, the "One-and-Only Susana," among others. Manolito's sociologist mother has concerns about his behavior so he spends some time telling the school psychologist his life story. To be sure, the protagonist is a wild, spunky, dramatic, comical sort of character sure to be popular with children, who will probably find him, in Manolito's own inimitable words, a "whole lotta cool." Lively cartoon illustrations are scattered throughout.—Andrea Tarr, Corona Public Library, CA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Two Lions
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0761453032
• ISBN 13: 9780761453031
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160
• Illustrator: Urberuaga Emilio