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

By:

Alvarez, Julia [author.]

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: 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

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volume

ISBN:

9781609807177
1609807170

Uniform titles:

Where do they go? Spanish

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Genre/Form:

#OwnVoices - Latinx.

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, ï¿½Donde 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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro/Book	San Juan Del Sur -- Mobile	JI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		33014937

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, ï¿½Donde 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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