Writing, reading, storytelling: the love story of Sinhá, Malhado, Carybé and Jorge Amado

Abstract

The author discusses the signifiance of Jorge Amado's brief but crucial incursion into the world of children's literature: his O Gato Malhado e a Andorinha Sinhá (about a tabby cat and a young lady swallow). This little work by Jorge Amado is presented as an extremely rich source for the definition of a paradigm that respects the needs of text, illustrations and chilhood culture.