by Paula Fox · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788427934573
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«La habitación de Mauricio» is the children's novel by Paula Fox, published by Lectorum Publications in paperback (88 pages, in Spanish).
Mauricio, eight years old, fills his room with found objects he considers treasures. His parents decide to move to the family country house, where the boy can devote himself to his hobbies. With humor, the story portrays childhood life in the city, limited to the four walls of a room.
Work originally published as Maurice's Room in 1966. Illustrated by Luisa Prieto Alvarez and Ingrid Fetz.
Intended for child and young readers, especially those who enjoy realistic and relatable stories about childhood.
Paula Fox was an American author of novels for adults and children and of two memoirs. Fox won the Newbery Medal in 1974 for her novel The Slave Dancer. She also won the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1978 and won a 1983 National Book Award in category Children's Fiction (paperback) for A Place Apart. In the mid-1990s, she enjoyed a revival as her adult fiction was championed by a new generation of American writers. In 2011, she was inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame.
