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4.2 AVERAGE
4.2 AVERAGE
I LOVED the artwork in this one, and learned quite a few new Spanish words too!
This book is an absolute delight—the writing is so fun/funny and the illustrations by Juana Martinez-Neal are—as per the usual!—completely amazing.
This is a wonderful twist on the classic Princess and the Pea story. The illustrations are full of wonderful examples of the culture of Peru. I love that this book includes many Spanish words to help children learn a new language or for those who already speak Spanish to recognize. This is a perfect read-aloud book for preschoolers through elementary age, especially if you have a bilingual audience.
This is really cute! It's a fun spin on a fairy tale that never made a lot of sense, rhyming text with Spanish words seamlessly thrown in. Fun artwork too!
medium-paced
Best feature: illustrator's note about the inspiration for the clothing in the story. Very entertaining retelling, with a new twist. The author/publisher use differing fonts to great effect. I appreciate that the pronunciation guide/glossary is at the beginning of the story. Lastly, I chuckled throughout at la reina and her lookalike cat.
Really glad the decision was made to put the glossary in the front of the book. Read through it well because with this rhyming book, you'll want to know the Spanish words upfront so not to mess with the rhythm of the rhyme. Very fun retelling. And gorgeous illustrations.
Loved this author/illustrator team's first book, La Madre Goose, and I adore this new bilingual fractured fairy tale. Fun retelling with a twist, with Spanish words sprinkled throughout, told in rhyming verse. Martinez-Neal's illustrations are stunning and charming, and I appreciated her illustrator's note at the end about the inspiration for the style of the textiles from two specific indigenous groups in Peru!