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Por exemplo, uma rosa Ana Pessoa Madalena Matoso

Technical specs

Original title: Por exemplo, uma rosa
72 pages/ 220 x 260 mm
ISBN: 978.989.9061.17.0 / RRP: 17,90€
1st Edition: May 2023
© Rights sold: Czech, Greek, Italian, Korean

A rose, for example

Madalena Matoso

Ana Pessoa

(Portuguese edition)

Animals, plants, stars, objects, and all that we can see, plus all that exists, or once existed or might one day exist.

This is a book with which to give things a name, as well as a prompt to play with words and images, their meanings, the fun we can have with them.

A rose, for example.

Is the word rose a rose?
And is a drawing of a rose a rose?
Does the word rose have a scent?
Does is have a colour?
Can we give it to someone?

Technical specs

Original title: Por exemplo, uma rosa
72 pages/ 220 x 260 mm
ISBN: 978.989.9061.17.0 / RRP: 17,90€
1st Edition: May 2023
© Rights sold: Czech, Greek, Italian, Korean

Awards and recognitions

Selected — “100 Outstanding Picturebooks” (dPICTUS), Bologna Children’s Book Fair (2024)

Selection Seal — Caminhos de Leitura 2023

Recommended — Portuguese National Reading List

Selected — Book Design Award, DGLAB (2024)

What they say

A book with which to mix up the names of things, with those of people, of stars.
A book with which to think, or, in other words, to philosophise; to invent words and thoughts and wind and bind them up. Not like a ball of wool, but rather like the tight knit of a good jumper. Yes – a book for knitting together words and thought and ideas and wishes.

Sara Amado, Prateleira-de-baixo, 16/6/2023