Grandma Fina and Her Wonderful Umbrellas: LA Abuelita Fina Y Sus Sombrillas Maravillosas - Brossura

Saenz, Benjamin Alire

Brossura

ISBN 10: 093831761X ISBN 13: 9780938317616

Casa editrice: Cinco Puntos Pr, 2001

Riassunto

After her friends and family all notice that her favorite yellow umbrella is torn, Grandma Fina gets quite a surprise on her birthday.

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Recensione:

"Repetitious text, in both English and Spanish, that goes beyond basic vocabulary, will prove just challenging enough for second-grade readers. The story is also good for read-alouds; young listeners will chime in as Grandma Fina says all is 'wonderful.' Bright cartoon illustrations complement the text well." —School Library Journal

"The story will be an enjoyable read-aloud in either language as well as a title to offer to the newly independent reader who is not quite ready for a chapter book. Despite the proliferation of umbrellas, no rain falls in this sunny book and the umbrellas are used for protection from the heat." —ForeWord Magazine

L'autore:

BENJAMIN ALIRE SÁENZ was born in his grandmother's house in Picacho, New Mexico--on the outskirts of Las Cruces, New Mexico where Juliana in Hollywood is set. He was the fourth of seven children and was brought up in a traditional Mexican-American Catholic family. His family spoke mostly Spanish at home, and it was only through his education in the public schools that he learned to speak and write in English. He entered the seminary in 1972, a decision that was as much political as it was religious: he was heavily influenced by such Catholic thinkers as Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day, César Chavez and the Berrigan brothers. After concluding his theological studies at the University of Louvain, he was ordained a Catholic priest. Three and a half years later, he left the priesthood. At the age of 30, he entered the Creative Writing Program at the University of Texas at El Paso. He later received a fellowship at the University of Iowa, and in 1988, he received a Wallace E. Stegner Fellowship in poetry from Stanford University. In 1993 he returned to the border to teach in the Bilingual MFA program at the University of Texas at El Paso. His most recent book of poetry, Elegies in Blue, was published by Cinco Puntos Press in 2002. This is his first book for young adults.

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• Editore: Cinco Puntos Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 093831761X
• ISBN 13: 9780938317616
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 31
• Disegnatore: Garcia Geronimo