My Wonderful Orange Tree, by José Mauro de Vasconcelos, Who is this child that everyone calls the Little Devil and describes him as a gutters cat? What child is this who carries in his heart a bird that sings? “My Tree, My Wonderful Orange Tree” by José Mauro de Vasconcelos is a work that teaches in Brazilian schools and that professors in French institutes advise their students to read. It is a touching and humane work written by a five-year-old poet.
A work that does not only tell a fairy tale or the dreams of youngsters in Brazil, but also narrates the adventures of the writer in his childhood, the adventures of the child who learned to read at the age of four without a teacher, the child who carries in his heart a bird and in his head a demon whispers to him ideas that put him in trouble with adults. This is a sweet novel The sweetness of the sap of a sweet orange is a human novel that describes the innocence that a child's heart can hold, and introduces us to the poet's innate spirit. The tale of a child who carries the blood of the indigenous people of Brazil, a child who steals every morning from the garden of a rich man a flower for his teacher as he asks with the utmost innocence: Did God not give flowers to all People?".