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cigar boxthat turns out to hold a brood ofmatchboxes.Inside each is amemento:an olive pit,a bottlecap,a ticket,lead type.Togetherthey recount her great-grand-father's journey from Italy andfirst years in America,a diary-in-objects kept by the boy whoyearned to record his life butcouldn't read or write.  \nNewbery Medalist Paul Fleischmandepicts the drama of immigrationand the longing for literacy whilecrafting an ode to preservationand the fascination of boxes.Gorgeously detailed illustrationsby renowned artist BagramIbatoulline take readers fromthe Italian countryside to thebustle of America—and forwardto the present day,where a newdiary keeper gets her start.  \nA JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION0313  \nIC Fleiscischman,Paule matchbox diary /  \n102808181796834028081817968  \nW $16.99 ocn812406871HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY07/16/13WITHDRAWN  \n| THE MATCHBOX DIARY  \u003Cbr>◎   |\n| --- |\n\nFOR ETHAN,SIMON,OLIVER,AND CHARLIE  \nP.F.  \n2  \nText copyright ◎2013 by Paul Fleischman  \nllustrations copyright ◎2013 by Bagram Ibatoulline  \nBRYANT&MAY’S and ENGLAND'S GLORY matchbox labels are reproduced  \nby permission of Swedish Match Industries AB.  \nEvery effort has been made to obtain permission from the relevant trademark holders  \nand to ensure that all credits are correct.Any omissions are inadvertent and will be  \ncorrected in future editions if notification is given to the publishers in writing.  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced,transmitted,or stored  \nin an information retrieval system in any form or by any means,graphic,electronic,or  \nmechanical,including photocopying,taping,and recording,without prior written  \npermission from the publisher.  \nFirst edition 2013  \nLibrary of Congress Catalog Card Number 2012942613  \nISBN 978-0-7636-4601-1  \n121314151617 LEO 10987654321  \nPrinted in Heshan,Guangdong,China  \nThis book was typeset in Cheltenham.  \nThe illustrations were done in acrylic gouache.  \nCandlewick Press  \n99 Dover Street  \nSomerville,Massachusetts 02144  \nvisit us at www.candlewick.com  \n\n| THE   |\n| --- |\n| TCH BOX  \u003Cbr>MA   |\n| DIARY   |\n|  |\n|  |\n| PAUL FLEISCHMAN   |\n| ILLUSTRATED BY BAGRAM TBATOULLINE  \u003Cbr>CANDLEWICK PRES8   |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n\n2  \no  \n口  \n日  \n口  \nP  \nick whatever you like the most.Then I'll tell you its story.\"“There's so many things here.”  \n“You'll know when you see it.And then I'll know somethingabout you.The great-granddaughter I've only heard about.”  \n生违。  \n“So.You like boxes,just like me.You smoke cigars?”“No.”  \n“Me,either.There's no cigars in it,anyway.”“What's inside?”  \n“Not just one story,but lots.”“What's in the little boxes?”“My diary.”“What's a diary?”  \n“A way to remember what happens to you.Usually it's a book peoplewrite in.When I was your age,I had a lot I wanted to remember,but Icouldn’t read or write.So I started this.Open the first 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