João by a Thread
By Roger Mello (Author, Illustrator), Daniel Hahn (Translator)
João dreams of floating through watery landscapes covered by elaborate embroideries until a hole swallows them. Startled awake, he weaves words together into a comforting lullaby.
- Fiction
- Mildred L. Batchelder Award 2023 (Honor Title), Notable Children's Books 2023
- Age: Younger
- Format: Book
- ISBN: 9781953861344
Notes
Published by Elsewhere Editions. Originally published in Portuguese in 2006 as “João por um Fio."
From the 2023 award press release: João dreams of floating through watery landscapes covered by elaborate embroideries until a hole swallows them. Startled awake, he weaves words together into a comforting lullaby.
“Mello’s artful use of word pictures conveys a child’s anxiety in a world unraveling and the comfort to be found in words,” said Batchelder Award Committee Chair Barbara Scotto.
