Manolito Four-Eyes

Manolito Four-Eyes

ISBN	9780761453031

Specifications

5 1/2" X 8 1/4"; 160 pages

Author(s)

Elvira Lindo

Contributor(s)

Translated by Joanne Moriarty

Illustrator(s)

Emilio Urberuaga

Interest/Age Group

Grades 5+

Ages	Ages 10 and up

List Price

US$ 15.99

About the Book

"Nobody knows me as Manolito García Moreno, not even Big Ears López, and he’s my best friend; even though sometimes he can be a dog and a traitor (and other times, a dog traitor), he’s still my best friend and he’s a whole lotta cool.

In Carabanchel—that’s the name of my neighborhood in Madrid, in case I haven’t told you—everyone knows me as Manolito Four-Eyes."

"Don’t try to be different," says Manolito’s mother. But he can’t help it—he doesn’t have to try. Whether he’s fighting over the One-and-Only Susana; trying not to fight with Ozzy the Bully; telling his entire life story to the school psychologist; or discovering the true meaning of World Peace—ten-year-old Manolito is a real original. As he’d say, in the worldwide world, there’s nobody like him! And for the first time, this best-selling phenomenon from Spain is available in English.

ELVIRA LINDO’s series about the adventures of Manolito Four-Eyes is a children’s classic in Spain, where it has inspired feature films and a TV series, and is also widely popular in other European countries. She has received Spain’s National Children’s Book Award, and her books are regularly translated into some twenty languages. She also works as a screenwriter, and her weekly column in El País newspaper is widely read in Spain and Latin America. She lives half of the year in New York City.

EMILIO URBERUAGA is a writer and illustrator in Spain whose work has been published all over the world.

Now available in Paperback!

Also available in Spanish!

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Manolito Four-Eyes Review

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"Described by his mother as ‘born talking,’ Manolito brings his family and friends alive on the page through a chatty, first-person narrative in which he recounts events such as a punch from a bully who breaks his glasses, a visit from a demanding schoolmate named One-and-Only Susana, and a surprise birthday party for his beloved grandpa.... Throughout the book, amusing drawings heighten the understated humor that brightens the story." —Booklist, May 2008

"To be sure, the protagonist is a wild, spunky, dramatic, comical sort of character sure to be popular with children, who will probably find him, in Manolito’s own inimitable words, a ‘whole lotta cool.’ Lively cartoon illustrations are scattered throughout." —School Library Journal, July 2008

Book Review: Manolito Four-Eyes
"Introduce your tween to this bestseller from Spain"
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"An uncontrollable, neurotic chatterbox, Manolito makes an appealing narrator, even as he unwittingly wreaks havoc throughout his Madrid neighborhood." —Book Links, January 2009