by Sid Fleischman · Editorial Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420443614
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«Mister Misterio y Cía.» is the children's and young adult novel by Sid Fleischman, published by Editorial Alfaguara in paperback (175 pages, in Spanish).
In the 1880s, the Mister Misterio family travels by wagon through the deserts and plains of the American West, putting on a magic show. While his daughter Anne dreams of becoming a dancer, his mother, a former teacher, tries to educate the children during the trips.
The original work, 'Mr. Mysterious & Company', was published in 1962. This Spanish edition belongs to the Próxima Parada 12 Años collection.
Recommended for readers aged 12 and up, especially for those seeking Wild West adventures with humor, magic, and family.
Albert Sidney Fleischman was an American author of children's books, screenplays, novels for adults, and nonfiction books about stage magic. His works for children are known for their humor, imagery, zesty plotting, and exploration of the byways of American history. He won the Newbery Medal in 1987 for The Whipping Boy and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award in 1979 for Humbug Mountain. For his career contribution as a children's writer he was U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1994. In 2003, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators inaugurated the Sid Fleischman Humor Award in his honor, and made him the first recipient. The Award annually recognizes a writer of humorous fiction for children or young adults. He told his own tale in The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life (1996).
