Books by Agnès de Lestrade
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review 1: Original Title La grande fabrique de mots.I loved the concept of this book and envision using this as a discussion point with children in our international school. The children are multi-lingual and often arrive without any experience in the language of instruction. I see possibl...
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review 1: Wow! Not only is the story beautiful, about the worth of speech and about the fact that having much is not always better than having little. But the most beautiful thing in this book are the illustrations. To me, the only other artist who is that good and works in children's book...
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review 1: Powerful, touching, warm-hearted story! Phileas lives in a world where words are made at a factory. Only the rich can afford the valuable, creative, descriptive words. Phileas is not rich, people like him must hunt for words in trash cans, gutters, and if they are lucky, floating...