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Donde va a parar? / Julia Alvarez ; ilustrado por Sabra Field ; traducido por Rhina P. Espaillat.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Original language: English Publisher: New York : Seven Stories Press/Triangle Books for Young Readers, 2016Edition: Triangle Books for Young Readers editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781609807177
  • 1609807170
Uniform titles:
  • Where do they go? Spanish
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: Para el nino a quien le ha tocado preguntarse sobre el destino de seres queridos que han muerto, ha venido este tierno libro de Julia Alvarez, autora de libros de mejor venta y de literatura infantil. Este libro plantea las siguientes preguntas: "A donde van lose que mueren? A quien se lo pregunto? Hay alguien que lo sabe?" En todas partes se encuentran atisbos: "Es que van donde los lleva el viento? Me hacen guinos--como estrellas cuando les pido un favor--Parpadeando: 'Eres perfecta, no hay que ser algo mejor?'" Ilustrado por Sabra Field, grabadora en madera y oriunda de Vermont, Donde va a parar? es una meditacion bella y consoladora sobre la muerte, el recuerdo y el amor.Summary: Bestselling novelist (How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents) and children's (The Tia Lola Stories) author Julia Alvarez's new Spanish-language picture book is a beautifully crafted poem for children that gently addresses the emotional side of death. The book asks, "When somebody dies, where do they go? / Do they go where the wind goes when it blows? ... Do they wink back at me when I wish on a star? Do they whisper, 'You're perfect, just as you are'? ..." Illustrated by Vermont woodcut artist, Sabra Field, �Donde va a parar?, is a beautiful and comforting meditation on death, asking questions young readers of Spanish might have about what happens to those they love after they die.
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Para el nino a quien le ha tocado preguntarse sobre el destino de seres queridos que han muerto, ha venido este tierno libro de Julia Alvarez, autora de libros de mejor venta y de literatura infantil. Este libro plantea las siguientes preguntas: "A donde van lose que mueren? A quien se lo pregunto? Hay alguien que lo sabe?" En todas partes se encuentran atisbos: "Es que van donde los lleva el viento? Me hacen guinos--como estrellas cuando les pido un favor--Parpadeando: 'Eres perfecta, no hay que ser algo mejor?'" Ilustrado por Sabra Field, grabadora en madera y oriunda de Vermont, Donde va a parar? es una meditacion bella y consoladora sobre la muerte, el recuerdo y el amor.

Bestselling novelist (How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents) and children's (The Tia Lola Stories) author Julia Alvarez's new Spanish-language picture book is a beautifully crafted poem for children that gently addresses the emotional side of death. The book asks, "When somebody dies, where do they go? / Do they go where the wind goes when it blows? ... Do they wink back at me when I wish on a star? Do they whisper, 'You're perfect, just as you are'? ..." Illustrated by Vermont woodcut artist, Sabra Field, �Donde va a parar?, is a beautiful and comforting meditation on death, asking questions young readers of Spanish might have about what happens to those they love after they die.

3-7 years old.

In Spanish.

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