Abuela
Record details
- ISBN: 0525447504 (lib. bdg.) :
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Physical Description:
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
print - Publisher: New York : Dutton Children's Books, c1991.
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | While riding on a bus with her grandmother, a little girl imagines that they are carried up into the sky and fly over the sights of New York City. |
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Subject: | Imagination Fiction Flight Fiction Hispanic Americans Fiction Grandmothers Fiction New York (N.Y.) Fiction |
Available copies
- 28 of 29 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 29 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Babcock Library - Ashford | E Dor (Text) | 33110148868878 | Juvenile Picture Book | Available | - |
Beekley Community Library - New Hartford | E DORROS, A. (Text) | 32544063294945 | Juvenile Picture Book | Available | - |
Bethel Public Library | J-E DORROS (Text) | 34030055151457 | Juvenile Easy | Available | - |
Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | JE DOR (Text) | 33260000390956 | Juvenile Easy | Available | - |
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | E DORROS (Text) | 34014078980506 | Juvenile Picture Book | Available | - |
Edith Wheeler Memorial Library - Monroe | JE DOR BILINGUAL (Text) | 34026059788849 | Juvenile Bilingual Material | Available | - |
Guilford Smith Library - South Windham | E DOR (Multi-Cultural) (Text) | 34059081349785 | Juvenile Picture Book | Available | - |
Hagaman Memorial Library - East Haven | E DORROS (Text) | 31953132568315 | Picture Book | Available | - |
Hall Memorial Library - Ellington | JP DORROS, ARTHUR (Text) | 34037125779720 | Juvenile Picture Book | Available | - |
Lebanon Elementary School | E DOR (Text) | 33431000101825 | Easy Reader | Available | - |
Abuela (Spanish Edition)
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Summary
Abuela (Spanish Edition)
A younggirland her grandmother celebrate their home andrelationshipin this magical story. Winner of the Parents' Choice Award! Come join Rosalba and her grandmother, her abuela, on a magical journey as theyfly over the streets, sights, and people of New York City which sparkles below. The story is narrated in English,and sprinkled with Spanish phrases asAbuela points out places that they explore together. The exhilaration inRosalba'sand Abuela's story is magnified by the loving bond that only a grandmother and granddaughter can share. Also available in a Spanish-language edition (ISBN- 978-0-14-056226-2) "A book to set any child dreaming...any reader can handle it, whether familiar with Spanish or not. It's just joyful."- The New York Times * "A marvelous balancing of narrative simplicity with visual intricacy...the city is transformed into a treasure trove of jewels, dazzling the eye, uplifting the spirits."- The Horn Book (starred review) * "Each illustration is a masterpiece of color, line, and form that will mesmerize youngsters...The smooth text, interspersed with Spanish words and phrases, provides ample context clues...a jewel."- Booklist (starred review) "Dorros's text seamlessly weaves Spanish words and phrases into the English narrative, retaining a dramatic quality rarely found in bilingual picture books"- Publisher's Weekly An ALA Notable Book An NCSS-CBC Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies A Library of Congress Children's Book of the Year An American Booksellers Pick of the Lists selection A BooklistEditor's Choice A Horn BookFanfare Listing Winner of the Parent's Choice Award A Hungry Mind ReviewChildren's Books of Distinction List selection A New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing selection