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Product Identifiers
PublisherGemelli Press, LLC
ISBN-100982102305
ISBN-139780982102305
eBay Product ID (ePID)12038788232
Product Key Features
Publication Year2014
Book TitleTino and the Pomodori
TopicGeneral
Number of Pages58 Pages
LanguageEnglish
IllustratorNicholson, Britta, Yes
GenreJuvenile Fiction, Gardening
AuthorTonya Russo Hamilton
FormatHardcover
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
LCCN2014-942458
SynopsisTino and the Pomodori explores, through the eyes of a child, the magic that is the life cycle of a tomato plant.Tino takes the reader on a journey starting in the piazza of his small village in Italy, to his farm where he learns to work the land. He explains how the tomato starts as a seed drying in the sun and grows to be, la bella frutta - the beautiful fruit, that would eventually make the family's sauce and bruschetta to go with Nonna's thick, hard-crusted bread.Visually engaging with vibrant watercolor illustrations, Tino and the Pomodori celebrates simplicity and the beauty of growing, harvesting, and preparing one's own food., Tino and the Pomodori explores, through the eyes of a child, the magic that is the life cycle of a tomato plant. Tino takes the reader on a journey starting in the piazza of his small village in Italy, to his farm where he learns to work the land. He explains how the tomato starts as a seed drying in the sun and grows to be, la bella frutta - the beautiful fruit, that would eventually make the family's sauce and bruschetta to go with Nonna's thick, hard-crusted bread. Visually engaging with vibrant watercolor illustrations, Tino and the Pomodori celebrates simplicity and the beauty of growing, harvesting, and preparing one's own food.
