My tree, the amazing orange tree - Juzia Mauro

Who is this child whom everyone calls the little devil and describes as the cat of the gutters? And what child is this who carries a singing bird in his heart? "My Tree, the Wonderful Orange Tree" by the writer José Mauro de Vasconcelos, a work studied in Brazilian schools and recommended by teachers in French institutes for their students to read... It is a touching and humane work narrated by a child poet who is not more than five years old... A work that does not tell a fairy tale or only the dreams of children in Brazil, but also recounts the writer's adventures in his childhood, adventures of a child who learned to read at the age of four without a teacher, a child who carries a bird in his heart and a devil in his head whispering ideas that lead him into trouble with adults... This is a sweet novel, as sweet as the sap of a sweet orange fruit... A humane story that describes the innocence that a child's heart can carry, and introduces us to the innate spirit of the poet... The story of a child who carries the blood of Brazil's indigenous people, a child who every morning steals a flower from the garden of a wealthy person for his teacher... and he asks with utmost innocence: Did God not give flowers to all people? Number of pages: 245 pages