Child sitting on the roof of a dog house as dog looks up.
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Mariana Massarani, illustration for Marcelo, marmelo, martelo by Ruth Rocha (Salamandra). ©2011. Marianna Massarani.

Picture Books from Brazil: Bilingual Storytime

For Families
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Free with Museum admission

Join students from the Portuguese Program at UMass Amherst as they read their English translation of the classic Brazilian picture book Marcelo, Marmelo, Martelo by Ruth Rocha and illustrated by Marianna Massarani.

Spanish and Portuguese Studies at UMass
Translation in the Hispanic and Lusophone World
Who You'll Meet
Three people standing with dog in yard.

Brazil in Translation (UMass Amherst, Spanish and Portuguese Program)

Laurieny da Costa Vilela is a graduate students from the Portuguese Program at UMass Amherst. Fernanda Rivitti is a storyteller and Expressive Arts Therapy graduate student at Lesley University.

Translation in the Hispanic and Lusophone World
Explore Further
Illustration of girl sitting in tree with pink blossoms and speech bubble that reads "Words of every shape, sound, and size.
Past Exhibition

Read the World: Picture Books and Translation

January 13 - May 1, 2022
Explore picture books in translation and the stories they give us from all over the world.