LEITURA LITERÁRIA: ESPELHO E ESTRADA NA FORMAÇÃO DO SER

studying the literary production to children implies (a) an accurate look in order to choose among the several books published and (b) the definition of a theoretical corpus to shine a light on the selected text. This study aims at investigating the work “Menino do rio doce”, written by Ziraldo and illustrated by the Dumont family. It is a hybrid text made by two systems: the verbal and the visual, and it is analyzed as such. The verbal text is a poetic prose whose enunciative voice – a boy – is in third person and assumes a lyrical character. When he reveals his relationship with the river that flows in the village, the boy finds out his environment and realizes he’s inserted in a culture that characterizes the formation of an identity and his own self-knowledge.