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WORLD'S POOREST PRESIDENT SPEAKS OUT - HARDCOVER EUC
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Personalize
- No
- Type
- Picture Book
- Book Series
- Na
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Features
- Illustrated
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- Unknown
- Intended Audience
- Ages 4-8
- ISBN
- 9781592702893
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books, LLC
ISBN-10
1592702899
ISBN-13
9781592702893
eBay Product ID (ePID)
21038625294
Product Key Features
Book Title
World's Poorest President Speaks Out
Number of Pages
40 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Biography & Autobiography / Political, People & Places / Caribbean & Latin America, Social Science / Politics & Government, Social Topics / Homelessness & Poverty
Publication Year
2020
Illustrator
Yes, Gaku, Nakagawa
Genre
Juvenile Nonfiction
Format
Picture Book
Dimensions
Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
10.9 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
LCCN
2019-025960
Reviews
This timely translation of a 2014 title originally published in Japan is based on a 2012 speech made by Uruguay's 40th president, José Mujica, delivered at the United Nations' Rio+20 Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro. Mujica, who was president from 2010 to 2015, was a simple, unassuming, and much-beloved leader. Rather than live in the presidential palace and get chauffeured around, he chose to remain on his farm with his wife and drive his Volkswagen bug, donating close to 90 percent of his salary to the poor and underprivileged. His speech on "Sustainable Development and Human Happiness" captured his audience's attention and admiration. He questioned whether the world had sufficient resources for its seven to eight billion inhabitants to live like Western societies. Bold, graphic, digitally created illustrations complement the text from the onset of the speech, where the audience appears bored, to the standing ovation at the end. A graphic spread precedes the start of the narrative, in which Mujica's wife reminds him to feed the chickens on the way to the Summit. Another spread depicts countless drivers in India stuck in a gridlock with noxious fumes filling the sky. VERDICT A thought-provoking, important message for these trying times.-SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, Nakagawa's blocky digital illustrations adroitly illustrate the talk's themes--in one, a careworn man struggles to haul an outsize pile of possessions, including a house and car. The message--that 'progress must add to human happiness, not take away from it'--is as timely as ever., One of 100 Scope Notes 's Most Astonishingly Unconventional Children's Books of 2020! STARRED REVIEW! "Mujica posited that the real problem is not climate change but 'how we have come to live our lives' ... He challenged listeners to consider whether 'we were born ... to pursue economic growth and progress [or rather] to live in such a way as to find happiness on this planet.' Mujica's thought-provoking argument is just as valid today. The illustrations accompanying the text play with design and perspective, capturing Mujica's words in ways that give them great immediacy and vividness... An ideal vehicle to engage children in a discussion on the meanings of poverty, having enough, and social justice.", This timely translation of a 2014 title originally published in Japan is based on a 2012 speech made by Uruguay's 40th president, José Mujica, delivered at the United Nations' Rio+20 Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro. Mujica, who was president from 2010 to 2015, was a simple, unassuming, and much-beloved leader... His speech on 'Sustainable Development and Human Happiness' captured his audience's attention and admiration... Bold, graphic, digitally created illustrations complement the text from the onset of the speech, where the audience appears bored, to the standing ovation at the end... VERDICT: A thought-provoking, important message for these trying times., 'A poor person is not someone who has little, but one who needs infinitely more, and more, and more.' Thus spoke Jose Mujica, then the President of Uruguay, before the United Nations in 2012. Paraphrasing the wisdom of the great thinker Seneca, he asked the world to question the dogma of consumption that has driven us into environmental and economic crisis... Ably translated into English by Andrew Wong, The World's Poorest President Speaks Out is an entertaining, inspiring, and unique picture book for children ages 4-8 by the team of author Gaku Nakagawa and illustrator Yoshimi Kusaba and especially recommended for family, daycare center, preschool, elementary school, and community library collections., Nakagawa's blocky digital illustrations adroitly illustrate the talk's themes--in one, a careworn man struggles to haul an outsize pile of possessions, including a house and car. The message--that "progress must add to human happiness, not take away from it"--is as timely as ever. -Publishers Weekly
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Grade From
Preschool
Grade To
Third Grade
Dewey Decimal
989.50676092
Synopsis
It is 2012. The world's leaders gather in Brazil for a meeting, the Rio+20 Summit. They have come to discuss the future of the world, which is facing an ever worsening environmental crisis. One after another, they give speeches, but no one says anything new. As evening falls, it is the President of Uruguay's turn to speak. José Mujica steps up to the podium, wearing a simple shirt with no tie. He is known as "the world's poorest president." He has this name because as president, José Mujica donates almost all of his salary to the poor. When he was elected, he decided that he would not live in the presidential palace. Instead, he would continue to live with his wife on their farm, growing flowers and vegetables. And he would drive his trusty old car, instead of being driven in the official, presidential one. What counts for President Mujica is what needs to be done, not the appearance of things. His countrymen love him and call him Pepe, which means Grandpa. As Mujica starts to speak, no one seems especially interested in hearing from the leader of such a small country. But by the time he has finished, the room will be filled with thunderous applause., "A poor person is not someone who has little, but one who needs infinitely more, and more, and more." Thus spoke Jos Mujica, then the President of Uruguay, before the United Nations in 2012. Paraphrasing the wisdom of the great thinker Seneca, he asked the world to question the dogma of consumption that has driven us into environmental and economic crisis. Often referred to as the worlds "poorest" president, in part because of his practice of donating 90% of his $12,000 monthly salary to charity, Jos Mujica lived his words and proved that one need not have money to be rich. In The World's Poorest President Speaks Out, Jos Mujica's famous speech comes to life as he asks us to remember our neighbors, our children, and the Earth., A book that explores the idea that a poor person in the deepest existential sense is not someone who has little, but one who always needs infinitely more, and is never satisfied., Age range 3 to 9 'A poor person is not someone who has little, but one who needs infinitely more, and more, and more.' Thus spoke José Mujica, then the President of Uruguay, before the United Nations in 2012. Paraphrasing the wisdom of the great thinker Seneca, he asked the world to question the dogma of consumption that has driven us into environmental and economic crisis. Often referred to as the worlds "poorest" president, in part because of his practice of donating 90% of his $12,000 monthly salary to charity, José Mujica lived his words and proved that one need not have money to be rich.
LC Classification Number
F2729.52.M85A5 2019
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