| La tragedia de Vasito de Plástico * The Tragedy of Little Plastic Cup Contributor(s): Alvarado, Pat (Author), Peña Morán, Fernando (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 9962690064 ISBN-13: 9789962690061 Publisher: Piggy Press Books OUR PRICE: $21.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Language: Spanish Published: June 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - Survival Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature - Environment - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family) |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 7.99" W x 10" (0.18 lbs) 30 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Little Plastic Cup and his friends Soda Can and Little Paper Bag have the adventure of their lives as they journey through the city sewer. Discarded by unthinking citizens and washed down the drain by floods, Cup, Can and Bag meet several unlikely inhabitants of the underworld. Children's bilingual text in Spanish and English that promotes civic responsibility and cleanliness. |
Contributor Bio(s): Alvarado, Pat: - Patricia Veazey Alvarado grew up in Abbeville, Louisiana. She graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, with a degree in French and English. Then in a spirit of adventure she moved to the Republic of Panama to teach with the United Fruit Company. Later she received a Master's Degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Oklahoma. After her 30-year teaching career, she now dedicates her time to writing bilingual children's stories and to laughing, especially at herself. Pat resides in Panama with her husband.Pena Moran, Fernando: - Fernando Peña Morán began to draw when he was very young and later studied at the School of Plastic Arts. He developed his skills in the university, especially drawing caricatures. Since then he has been very successful. For the past 18 years he has worked as a caricaturist for the newspaper El Siglo and accepts new challenges daily. |