Charcoal Boys Children's Fantasy & Magic Books and beautifully illustrated

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Charcoal Boys Children's Fantasy & Magic Books and beautifully illustratedFrom Hans Christian Andersen Award and Batchelder Honor Medal winning author Roger Mello, a poetic and sensitive portrait of child labor in Brazil's charcoal mines. Beautifully illustrated by Roger Mello with sophisticated, highly textural paper cutouts, Charcoal Boys follows a young boy working in Brazil's charcoal mines. The boy's strength and resilience shine through the darkness in this moving condemnation of child labor.