People we Admired

Pre-Intermediate 1-H

Monteiro Lobato

I admire Monteiro Lobato.

His original name was José Bento Renato Monteiro Lobato.

His nickname was Monteiro Lobato.

He was born in 1882 in Taubaté.

He was married with Maria Pureza Natividade Monteiro Lobato and he had four children.

Monteiro Lobato was tall and intelligent. His hair was short and his eyes were brown. He was a writer.

He learned from his mother and then from a private teacher. He read all the kids books of his grandfather.

He was famous for his book named “Velha Praga” on 1917.

He died in 1948 in São Paulo.

Henrique Andrade Vilhena