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A fictionalized account of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (Neftalí), who grew up a painfully shy child in the rainforests of Chile, ridiculed by his overbearing father, but who became one of the most widely-read poets in the world.

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Main Author: Ryan, Pam Muñoz
Other Authors: Sís, Peter, 1949-, Chiroldes, Tony (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: New York : Scholastic Audiobooks, p2010.
Subjects:
Neruda, Pablo, > 1904-1973 > Childhood and youth > Juvenile fiction.
Chile > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Imagination in children > Juvenile fiction
Rain forests > Chile > Juvenile fiction.
Poets, Chilean > Juvenile fiction.
Children's audiobooks.
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Summary:A fictionalized account of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (Neftalí), who grew up a painfully shy child in the rainforests of Chile, ridiculed by his overbearing father, but who became one of the most widely-read poets in the world.
Item Description:Unabridged.
Title from container.
Compact disc.
Bonus DVD with artwork by Perter Sís & bonus tracks by Pam Muñoz Ryan!
Physical Description:4 sound discs (5 hr., 26 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 videodisc.
ISBN:9780545223393 :
0545223393 :
Author Notes:Author Pam Muñoz Ryan was born in Bakersfield, California on December 25, 1951. She received a B. A. in child development and a M. A. in education from San Diego State University. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as a bilingual Head Start teacher and as an early childhood program administrator. At first, she wrote adult books about child development, but soon switched to writing children's books.

She has written over twenty-five picture books, novels, and nonfiction books for young readers. The novel Esperanza Rising, winner of the Pura Belpre Medal, the Jane Addams Peace Award, an ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults, and the Americas Award Honor Book, is based on her own grandmother's immigration from Mexico to California. Riding Freedom has also won many awards including the national Willa Cather Award and the California Young Reader Medal. When Marian Sang, a picture book about singer Marian Anderson, won numerous awards including the ALA Sibert Honor and NCTE's Orbis Pictus Award. In 2015 her title Echo made The New York Times Best Seller List. She also won a Kirkus Prize in the children's literature category with her title 'Echo'.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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