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Credits: ISBN: 9789899955189 Language: Portuguese Binding: Hardcover Pages: 32 Thematic classification: Books in Portuguese > Literature > Poetry

Author: João Manuel Ribeiro (1968- ) is a poet, writer, editor and researcher. In addition to reading and writing, he likes to study, having a PhD in Educational Sciences and a Master’s Degree in Pedagogical Supervision and Training of Trainers, from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Coimbra. She has a Master’s degree in books and children’s and youth literature from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. He also holds a Master’s degree and a degree in Theology from the Catholic University of Porto. Being considered as «one of the most promising authors of poetry for children», he published more than five dozen books of Children’s and Youth Literature, divided between poetry and narrative. He is the director of A Casa do João – Revista de Literatura Infantil e Juvenil (Magazine of Children’s and Youth Literature) and publishes critical texts on the blog andancasdopoeta.blogspot.com. He is represented in School Manuals, Grammars and Activity Books, some of them from Porto Editora. He loves visiting schools and meeting with his readers.