| Roberto's Trip to the Top Contributor(s): Paterson Jr, John B. (Author), Paterson Sr, John B. (Author), Alarcao, Renato (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0763627089 ISBN-13: 9780763627089 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2009 Annotation: Basing this tale on their own 1970s trip to Caracas, where they rode the very "teleferico" (cable car) featured in story, the father-and-son authors tell a story of a little boy's first big adventure without his parents. The story is interwoven with Spanish words that are translated in the glossary. Full color. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Caribbean & Latin America - Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature - General - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - New Experience |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008938426 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 9.27" W x 10.89" (0.90 lbs) 40 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Breathtaking vistas and bustling scenes await a boy and his uncle when they ride the telef rico to the top of a mountain in Venezuela. Up, up, up goes Roberto, aboard a cable car, heading to the top of El Avila. Share his excitement as he sees deep ravines and spectacular views, and meets the people and wildlife that live on the mountainside, on his first big adventure |