Title: THE MAN WHO SWALLOWED THE MOON

(O Homem que engoliu a Lua)
Publisher: Ambar
Author: Mário de Carvalho
Illustrator: Pierre Pratt
Target: 6 years and up
Format: 27 x 27 cm
Pages: 50 pages
Binding: Hardback

The man who swallowed the moon (O Homem que engoliu a Lua)

"Once, when the moon disappeared, I was there and can tell all. I don't remember how old I was then, and didn't at the time. The fact is, the night was warm and soaked in blue, like paint - as they say - and the moon was still, round and white, shining as she should be." (…)

This is how this original and beautiful story by Mário de Carvalho begins. Pierre Pratt embellishes the text with his expressive illustrations.
An excellent piece of work, for all ages.

Mário de Carvalho was born in 1944. He is a lawyer, and has written many books, several of which have won national and international awards. Some of his books have also been adapted to television and film, and been published in many languages.

Pierre Pratt was born in 1962 in Canada. Internationally awarded with several prizes, he has illustrated more than fifty books, which have been published in several countries. This is the first time he works in Portugal.