by Ana Maria Machado · Santillana Educación, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420400815
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«De carta en carta» is a children's story by Ana Maria Machado, published by Santillana Educación, S.L. in paperback (56 pages, in Spanish).
Pepe and his grandfather José cannot read or write. When they get angry and stop speaking to each other, they decide to communicate by letter and hire a scribe for this purpose. Letter after letter, Pepe discovers the importance of literacy and promises to attend school every day.
It is part of the Serie morada collection. The edition is illustrated by Juan Ramón Alonso and was published on March 3, 2004.
Recommended for children aged 8 and up; due to its theme, it invites reflection on the value of learning to read and write.
Ana Maria Machado is a Brazilian writer of children's books, one of the most significant alongside Lygia Bojunga Nunes and Ruth Rocha. She received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2000 for her "lasting contribution to children's literature". She also won the SM Ibero-American Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature in 2012.
