| Abuela (Spanish Edition) Contributor(s): Dorros, Arthur (Author), Dorros, Sandra Marulanda (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0140562265 ISBN-13: 9780140562262 Publisher: Puffin Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Language: Spanish Published: July 1997 Annotation: While riding on a bus with her grandmother, a little girl imagines that they are carried up into the sky and fly over the sights of New York City. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Hispanic & Latino - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 510 |
| Physical Information: 0.17" H x 8.11" W x 10.76" (0.36 lbs) 40 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 17501 Reading Level: 2.5 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Dive into Spanish text and fly high over beautiful New York City with Rosalba and her grandmother in Arthur Dorros' enchanting Abuela. Winner of the Parents' Choice Award. -Tantos p jaros- dice Rosalva mientras les dan de comer-. Y qu tal si los p jaros me alzaran y me llevaran volando por encima del parque? Qu pasar a si yo volara? Y claro que ella vuela Y lleva consiguo a su abuela y nos narra, en espa ol sazonado con algunas frases en ingl s, este maravilloso viaje. Mucho de los lugares que visitan le recuerdan a la abuela el momento de su llegada a este pa s. Con su energ a y belleza, las ilustraciones tipo collage transforman la ciudad de Nueva York en un tesoro para los lectores al igual que para Rosalba y Abuela. Su aventura es un canto al poder del amor y al orgullo familiar entre una ni a y su abuela. Dorros's text seamlessly weaves Spanish words and phrases into the English narrative, retaining a dramatic quality rarely found in bilingual picture books--Publisher's Weekly Tambi n disponible en una edici n Ingl s (ISBN: 978-0-14-056225-5) |