La elefanta del mago / The Magician's Elephant

by Kate DiCamillo

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

Disfruta de una historia muy singular en la cual la principal protagonista es una elefanta. Pero no es una elefanta cualquiera, esta es una elefanta adivinadora que usa sus habilidades mágicas para ayudar a una persona a reunirse con un querido perdido.

Enjoy a very unique story in which the main character is a female elephant. But it's not just an ordinary elephant, this is a fortune teller elephant who uses her magical abilities to help a person reunite with a lost loved one.

When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788427901131
Publisher:	Noguer y Caralt Editores, S. A.
Publication date:	12/20/2010
Edition description:	Spanish-language Edition
Pages:	165
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.60(d)
Language:	Spanish
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Kate DiCamillo is one of America's most revered storytellers for children. She is a former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and a two–time Newbery Medalist for The Tale of Despereaux and Flora & Ulysses. DiCamillo's other famous books include Ferris, Because of Winn–Dixie, The Tiger Rising and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. Several of her books were adapted into films and musical performances. Born in Philadelphia, she grew up in Florida and now lives in Minneapolis.

Hometown:

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date of Birth:

March 25, 1964

Place of Birth:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Education:

B.A. in English, University of Florida at Gainesville, 1987