Brown, M. (2005) My name is Gabriela. Cooper Square Publishing Llc; China: Bilingual edition. A young Chilean girl, Gabriela Mistral, learns to read and write. She writes of her travels around the world and eventually wins the Nobel Peace Prize in Literature. Monica's books are inspired by h...
Parra's folk-style illustrations were fun to look at. I am still thinking about the pages where he did a bird's eye view of a town square and park. but the pictures did not salvage the experience of the book. There was no reason this book needed to rhyme. Many of the rhymes felt forced and distracte...
Learning about shapes and some Spanish, too.
A stirring collection of poems about global peacemakers and social activists, quite a few lesser-known but worth knowing. Brief biographical sketches follow the poems. A good collection of contributing illustrators, too,
Ana only has one book. She has read it so many times that she knows it word for word. She wishes she had another book, but, since her teacher has left, she knows this will never happen.Then one morning, she wakes to hear the sound of a man on a burro. He carries a sign: Biblioburro. He brings books ...
Wouldn’t this make a good introduction to thankfulness at writing workshop at school? Got to order it.
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