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Candlewick Press (MA), 2016-02-08

Matchbox Diary

Matchbox Diary

Paul Fleischman, Author

Bagram Ibatoulline, Illustrator

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9780763676384

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Follow a girl's perusal of her great-grandfather's collection of matchboxes and small curios that document his poignant immigration journey from Italy to a new country.
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An immigrant’s life unfolds in the objects he’s saved. Told through a grandfather’s matchbox treasures, this beautiful book honors memory, storytelling, and resilience.

Keywords and Themes: Belief • Communication • Emigration • Europe • Family • Heritage • Historical • History • Identity • Immigration • Immigration & Refugees • Juvenile Fiction • Memory • Multigenerational • Resilience • Social Themes • Storytelling • United States - 20th Century

Readability • 3.1

Age Range • 6-9

Pages • 40

Subjects • Immigrants • Great-grandfathers • Collectors and collecting • Matchboxes • Emigration and immigration • Picture books

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational • Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration, Immigration & Refugees • Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Europe • Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century

"Instantly engrossing, free of self-pity, and resonant with resilience and gratitude . . . A powerful introduction to the American immigrant story." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

When a little girl visits her great-grandfather, she asks about the collection of matchboxes harboring objects she can hold in her hand, each one evoking a memory. Together they tell of his journey from Italy to a new country, before he could read and write: the olive pit his mother gave him to suck on when there wasn't enough food; a bottle cap he saw on his way to the boat; a ticket still retaining the thrill of his first baseball game. Newbery Medalist Paul Fleischman and acclaimed illustrator Bagram Ibatoulline tell a breathtaking immigration tale with appeal across generations.

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