THE BRIDGE
(A ponte)

Stela Barbieri
Ilustrações Fernando Vilela
Publisher: Escala Educacional, 2008
Size 18 x 20cm
Paperback: 48 pages
ISBN 978-85-377-0802-6

In a far-away village, in the bank of a river, used to live an agricultural community that grew corn and sold it in a town nearby. To sell it, they had to cross the river in canoes. In the rainy season the river became much too torrential. Crossing it was impossible. Then they decided to build a bridge and, to do so, they trusted each villager’s knowledge and cooperation. Many trials and errors engage the readers in this story.
This book is part of the Project Ways of Changing the World, based on the 8 Millennium Development Goals proposed by the United Nations. The eighth Goal, “Develop a global partnership for development”, motivated The bridge.