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La Princesa and the Pea
by Susan Middleton Elya
A bilingual re-imagination of a classic fairy tale, La Princesa and the Pea weaves English, Spanish, and Peruvian textiles into a memorable story.
The story is told in clean, effective rhymes that flow. The book incorporates a Spanish word in most verses, and -- usually -- the word's English meaning can be deciphered from the context of the other words and/or the accompanying illustrations. The book adds more and more Spanish as the story continues. If you're unsure of a word's English meaning or its Spanish pronunciation, the book provides an indispensable glossary.
The illustrations are the kind of soft drawings you feel like you could curl up in, even if there were a rock-hard pea tucked underneath the pages.
In 2017, I often wish for a post-modern twist in these retellings -- like the Princesa doesn't marry the príncipe and have twenty niños -- but this is not that book. Still a delightful story with fun rhymes and a use of Spanish vocabulary that challenges the readers to understand the meanings of non-basic words.
The story is told in clean, effective rhymes that flow. The book incorporates a Spanish word in most verses, and -- usually -- the word's English meaning can be deciphered from the context of the other words and/or the accompanying illustrations. The book adds more and more Spanish as the story continues. If you're unsure of a word's English meaning or its Spanish pronunciation, the book provides an indispensable glossary.
The illustrations are the kind of soft drawings you feel like you could curl up in, even if there were a rock-hard pea tucked underneath the pages.
In 2017, I often wish for a post-modern twist in these retellings -- like the Princesa doesn't marry the príncipe and have twenty niños -- but this is not that book. Still a delightful story with fun rhymes and a use of Spanish vocabulary that challenges the readers to understand the meanings of non-basic words.