Charcoal Boys Children's Fantasy & Magic Books Calling all puzzle-loving book nerds

Calling all puzzle-loving book nerds

and a few little yellow flowers" that she and her mother grow

Something is up

and beautifully illustrated

and what is different becomes familiar

Charcoal Boys Children's Fantasy & Magic Books Calling all puzzle-loving book nerdsFrom Hans Christian Andersen Award and Batchelder Honor Medal winning author Roger Mello, a poetic and sensitive portrait of child labor in Brazil's charcoal mines. Beautifully illustrated by Roger Mello with sophisticated, highly textural paper cutouts, Charcoal Boys follows a young boy working in Brazil's charcoal mines. The boy's strength and resilience shine through the darkness in this moving condemnation of child labor.