The First Day
Henrique Coser Moreira
- Original Title
- O primeiro dia
- Published
- Planeta Tangerina 2022
- Genre
- Graphic novels
- Pages
- 40 pp, 155 x 180 mm
- Rights Sold
- English World
- Tags
- Henrique Coser Moreira, O primeiro dia, Planeta Tangerina, The First Day
The First Day
Henrique Coser Moreira
We all remember those days when we had to stay locked inside our homes (no use to remember why). Those days weren’t easy, and, soon enough, all we wanted was the world back: the streets, the parks, the swings, our friends, our grandparents. One day, better news came our way and it felt really good to start again: to put on our shoes and go back out there for new adventures! This book is to remind us of that first day, the day of the first return. So that we never forget. So that we celebrate!
A silent graphic novel for little readers.
Winner of the 4th edition of the SERPA/ Planeta Tangerina International Award for Picture Books, with the motivation: “The author approached the theme exceptionally, exploring and turning the moment of leaving home into something naive and magical, with humour while paying attention to the details.”
- Press voices
- "The first day is a silent, sensitive, delicate and imaginative comic book aimed at smaller readers, helping them to celebrate the first day back in so-called normal life, after a long time away." Julia Martins, Deus Me Livro
- Awards
- - Special mention Comics - Early readers, Bologna Ragazzi Award 2023 "This wordless comic delights in its fluid employment of the basic mechanics of the comics form just as its child protagonists delights in the simple pleasures of the first day of spring. Tiny, elegant, sweet yet still rigorous, this minimalist book is a miniature delight" - Selected for the Illustrators Exhibition, Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2023 - Winner of the 4th edition of the SERPA Award - Recommended — Portuguese National Reading List - Winner — Golden Island, Nami Concours 2023