Manolito Gafotas

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Manolito on the road

Antía Hermida López 2º ESO 1-2-13 0


Table of contents 1.- Author and illustrator bibliography.-p.2 2.- Summary.-p.3 3.- Characters.-p.3 4.- Personal response.-p.3 5.- Language and techniques.-p.3 6.- Bibliography page.-p.4

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Manolito on the road 1.- Author Biography. Author Biography. She was born in January 1962, the day 23. She lived in Cádiz, Málaga, Alicante, Tarragona and Mayorca. She is a writer, scriptwriter and actress. In 1981 she starts to work in 'Radio Nacional España'. She wrote the books 'Manolito gafotas', 'Como molo', 'Los trapos sucios', 'Manolito on the road', 'Yo y el imbecil', 'Mejor Manolo' (All this books are about Manolito Gafotas), 'El otro barrio' , 'Algo más inesperado que la muerte', 'Una palabra tuya'. She work as actress in 'La primera noche de mi vida', 'Manolito Gafotas', 'Plenilunio', 'Ataque verbal', 'El cielo abierto', 'Sin vergüenza'. The film 'El otro barrio' is based in the book of Elvira Lindo, calling with the same name. Now she is married with the writer Antonio Muñoz Molina and she lives in Madrid.

Illustrator bibliography. He was born in Madrid in the year 1954, he's a writer and an illustrator of children's books. His illustrations are characterizing for him friendliness and him good mood. He's illustrator of the Manolito gafotas books. Other of the books that he illustrate are: 'Olivia', 'Hilda la oveja gigante', 'ho qué voz tiene el león'. He creates too photo albums like: 'Coco y la luna' 'Una cosa negra' 'Quién anda ahí'.He exposed in France, Italy, Germany and Spain. He has worked in museums and personal collections from other countries.

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2.- Summary. This book is about a child calling 'Manolito Gafotas'. Him father is a lorry driver and her mother is a housewife, Manolito has a little brother how he call ' El Idiota'. In this book Manolito go to work with him father, they go to Cuenca and in this adventure Manolito is lost. 3.- Characters. Main character: Manolito Gafotas Manolito the protagonist is a funny child. Manolito has very big glasses and that's why people call him 'Manolito Gafotas', Manolito is short and fat.

Second characters: Manolito Manolito is Manolito Gafotas's father. He's a lorry driver. Catalina Catalina is Manolito Gafotas's mother. She punishes Manolito all the time. Nicolรกs Nicolas is Manolito Gafotas's Grandfather and Catalina's father. He treats well Manolito. 'El Idiota' 'El Idiota' is Manolito Gafotas's 4-.Personal response. I like this book because I think that it's funny and if you read this book you are going to have a good time. 5.-Language and techniques.

Housewife: ama de casa. Lorry driver: camionero. Good mood: buen humor.

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6.- Bibliography page.

Author’s biography: http://www.casadellibro.com/biografia/elvira-lindo/3479 http://www.islabahia.com/Biografias/Anabel/ElviraLindo.asp http://www.elviralindo.com/biografia.html Illustrator’s biography: http://i-con-i.es/patriacomun/?page_id=207 http://www.xtec.cat/~faguile1/manolito/emiliourberuaga.htm Image 1: http://www.proinca.es/madridfansblog/lectura-para-conocer-madrid-novelas-ambientadas-en-lacapital/ Image 2: http://corominasijulian.blogspot.com.es/2011/02/dialogo-con-elvira-lindo-en-culturamas.html Image 3: http://www.fundacionsantandercreativa.com/web/evento-auna/exposicion-del-ilustrador-emiliourberuaga.html

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