Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Teaching Strategies
Pages
28
Description
This bilingual, bicultural book presents us with a beautiful vision of a planet in which nature, words and the rising and setting of the sun and the moon exist in harmony. Sumario en espaol: Este libro, bilinge y bicultural, nos presenta el hermoso panorama de un planeta en el cual la naturaleza, las palabras, y la salida y puesta del sol y la luna coexisten en armona.
Description
Noted Mexican poet Jorge Luján and South Africa’s illustrious illustrator Piet Grobler have teamed up again to produce this exquisite celebration of color. As day turns into night, young readers see fleeting, evocative glimpses of the qualities inherent in a range of colors. An antelope and a group of children are pictured inhabiting this delicate world. This bilingual book presents a gorgeous vision of a planet in which nature, words, and the rising and setting of the sun and the moon exist in harmony.
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Language
Original language
Spanish
Physical description
28 p.; 10.75 x 8.25 inches
ISBN
0888998635 / 9780888998637
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LibraryThing member eranda2
I liked this book because of the language. The story is told in both English and Spanish. This is extremely important because ELL learners and those who want to learn Spanish can both comprehend the story. Also, the language flows very nicely both in Spanish and English poetry. The story goes
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through the different colors of the rainbows and how the author sees these colors in the world. For example, the author explains, “I saw a lake. I saw a flower. I saw the twilight…Violet!” Additionally, the illustrations in this story work beautifully together with the poem. The big idea to this story is that how all colors of the rainbow make new colors and are seen everywhere in the world. Show Less
LibraryThing member reader1009
diverse picture book (bilingual English/Spanish; colors; preschool ages 3-6).
*Book prominently features diverse characters: Maybe not prominently, but not tokenly either: more than half of the spreads don't include people, but the ones that do feature dark-skinned children (I'm not counting the
* Book would work for a preschool storytime: yes, though this is a quieter story that best would suit older kids (who are accustomed to sitting through circle time).
* Book would work for "colors" theme, but some of the colors are harder to identify and it doesn't work as well for audience participation--"beige" is not in most children's vocabulary and will need to be given by the reading, the watercolor of the "green" looks kind of blue/turquoise-ish, while the "red" is overshadowed by oranges in another spread. There are also some small inconstencies: one little girl's eyes, according to the text, are blue, but the picture shows a dark-skinned girl with black hair and black eyes.
*Book prominently features diverse characters: Maybe not prominently, but not tokenly either: more than half of the spreads don't include people, but the ones that do feature dark-skinned children (I'm not counting the
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personification of Night as an actual person). The bilingual quality also goes a long way to include other cultures, though I am not fluent enough to speak for their translations. The author is (according to the book jacket) one of Mexico's "foremost authors for children" and the illustrator is "South Africa's most celebrated illustrator for children."* Book would work for a preschool storytime: yes, though this is a quieter story that best would suit older kids (who are accustomed to sitting through circle time).
* Book would work for "colors" theme, but some of the colors are harder to identify and it doesn't work as well for audience participation--"beige" is not in most children's vocabulary and will need to be given by the reading, the watercolor of the "green" looks kind of blue/turquoise-ish, while the "red" is overshadowed by oranges in another spread. There are also some small inconstencies: one little girl's eyes, according to the text, are blue, but the picture shows a dark-skinned girl with black hair and black eyes.
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J2C.005