Overview
'A bilingual account of some of the animals and sounds commonly found in the Southwestern desert.Each double-page spread depicts a vast expanse of light blue sky with four lines of text-two in English and two in Spanish-on the verso, and a different creature or scene on the recto....The translations are appropriate and provide an excellent opportunity to compare the sounds in the two languages....The illustrations evoke Native American art in shapes and colors, and the bottoms of the pages are adorned with geometric designs.This book is a good choice for reading aloud; young audiences will enjoy the predictable, repetitive text, and its bilingual format enhances its appeal in a variety of multicultural settings.'-School Library Journal 'A very simple text, with each line repeated twice in English plus twice in Spanish, becomes a rhythmic, lyrical bilingual chant suggesting the onomatopoeic powers of both tongues....A brightly decorative geometric motif runs
Full Product Details
Author: Pat Mora ,
Francisco Mora ,
Francisco X Mora
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Imprint: Houghton Mifflin
Edition: Bilingual ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 25.60cm
, Height: 0.20cm
, Length: 21.00cm
Weight: 0.150kg
ISBN: 9780618111442
ISBN 10: 0618111441
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 19 March 2001
Recommended Age: From 4 to 7 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Language: Spanish
Reviews
"""Vibrantly illustrated double-page spreads accompany the simple text. Librarians will want to use this title with storytime groups."" School Library Journal --"
Vibrantly illustrated double-page spreads accompany the simple text. Librarians will want to use this title with storytime groups. School Library Journal--No Source
Author Information
Pat Mora is an award-winning author and the founder of the family literacy initiative El día de los niños/ El día de los libros, Children's Day/ Book Day, now housed at the American Library Association. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Pat Mora es una autora premiada y la fundadora de El día de los niños/ El día de los libros, un programa para promover la lectura entre familia. El programa es auspiciado por la Asociación Americana de Bibliotecas, American Library Association (ALA). Ella vive en Santa Fé, Nuevo México. Francisco Mora was born in Mexico City and now lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has written and illustrated several books for children, including La Gran Fiesta, The Legend of the Two Moons, and The Tiger and the Rabbit. Mr. Mora is a graduate of the National Academy of Fine Arts San Carlos, the Superior School of Painting and Sculpture, and the University of Morela, all located in Mexico.
