by Ana Maria Machado · EDICIONES SM · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788467576900
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«El domador de monstruos» is the humorous children's story by Ana Maria Machado, published by Ediciones SM in paperback (72 pages, in Spanish).
Sergio can't stand the monsters that appear in his room every night and is fed up with being scared. One day he comes up with an idea to stand up to them and make them go away. A story about fear and imagination that encourages young readers to face their own nightmares with humour.
Volume 65 of the El Barco de Vapor Blanca collection. Translated from Portuguese by Manuel Barbadillo and illustrated by María Luisa Torcida; the original work dates from 1996.
For early readers aged 6 to 7, ideal for children starting to read alone and needing tools to cope with their fears.
Ana Maria Machado is a Brazilian writer of children's books, one of the most significant alongside Lygia Bojunga Nunes and Ruth Rocha. She received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2000 for her "lasting contribution to children's literature". She also won the SM Ibero-American Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature in 2012.
