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Mamá se va a la guerra  Cover Image Book Book

Mamá se va a la guerra / Irene Aparici Martín ; ilustradora Mónica Carretero. --

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A mother uses a war with many battles to explain her fight with breast cancer to her two sons and how their lives will change over the coming months.

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  • ISBN: 8415503164
  • ISBN: 9788415503163
  • Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. --
  • Publisher: Madrid : Cuento de Luz, c2012.

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Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 23.75
Subject: Breast > Cancer > Juvenile fiction.
Courage > Juvenile fiction.
Values > Juvenile fiction.
Mother and child > Juvenile fiction.

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The award-winning author Irene Aparici was born with a notebook in one hand and a pencil in the other. She has lived in Spain and in Ecuador. As a professional, she has worked mainly in the financial sector, but has also worked as a professor at a university, a rural estates administrator, a mediator in extrajudicial conflicts, and an international cooperator. In 2011, Irene was diagnosed with breast cancer, to which she lost her battle in 2014.

The award-winning author and illustrator Mónica Carretero was born in Madrid but now lives in Segovia. She is self-taught and her colourful and vivid illustrations have received international recognition and she is now a very succesful illustrator of children's picture books.

La galardonada autora Irene Aparici nació con un cuaderno en una mano y un lápiz en la otra. Ha vivido en España y en Ecuador. Como profesional, ha trabajado principalmente en el sector financiero, y también se ha dedicado a actividades tan variadas como la docencia universitaria, la administración de fincas rústicas, la mediación de conflictos extrajudiciales o la cooperación internacional.En 2011, le diagnosticaron un cáncer de mama, una batalla que perdió en 2014.

La galardonada ilustradora e autora Mónica Carretero nació en Madrid pero ahora vive en Segovia. Es autodidacta y sus ilustraciones coloridas y vívidas han recibido el reconocimiento internacional y ahora es una ilustradora muy acertada de los libros ilustrados para niños.


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