The Fiorella Files Episode 6 – Children’s Books, Episode 2! Tintin, Wonder & When The Wind Blows

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The Fiorella Files Episode 6 – Children’s Books, Episode 2! Tintin, Wonder & When The Wind Blows

Join Fiorella as she discusses some of her favorite children’s books!

The Adventures of Tintin

Herge’s famous boy reporter, Tintin, continues to delight children of all ages eighty years since the first stories were published in a Catholic newspaper. Hear what four children have to say about the adventures of Tintin, his friends Captain Haddock and Professor Calculus, not forgetting Tintin’s loyal hound Snowy.

Wonder – R.J Palacio

August is just like any other boy…except that he was born with a severely disfigured face and every day is a fight for acceptance. Francesca and Natalia discuss this thought-provoking and inspiring story, suitable for children aged approx. 10+

When the Wind Blows

This terrifying graphic novel by acclaimed British artist Raymond Briggs, struck fear into the hearts of thousands of children when it was first published in the early 1980s. The story depicts the fate of an elderly couple living in an English town during a fictitious Nuclear war. Highly controversial at the time, does such a story have the same power in the twenty-first century? One twelve-year-old reviewer is not so sure…

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