Author : Ethriam Cash Brammer,
Illustrator : Daniel Lechon
Preschool - 2nd Grade
La guitarra de mi tata - My Tatas Guitar
La guitarra de mi tata - My Tatas Guitar, Hardcover, Bilingual, Book, Ethriam Cash Brammer, Daniel Lechon, Preschool - 2nd Grade, 9781558853690, $16.95
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Dust-covered boxes, old and forgotten furniture, and discarded treasures intrigue a young boy exploring his grandfather’s garage. In the midst of this mine, he makes a discovery more fascinating than treasure: a guitar with a neck rising like a “black swan.” When Tata opens the guitar case that once belonged to his tata, a wealth of musical memories entrance the boy as the sound of the guitar strings transform “musty moths into beautiful butterflies.” Tata tells the boy about the posadas at Christmas, birthday melodies and he even shares his memory of a special moonlight serenade. As his fingers glide along the frets, Tata paints the boy a picture of a world long-past. And with his grandfather’s help, the boy will learn to create his own musical memories for generations to come. This bright bilingual picture book about the magic of musical tradition will delight readers of all ages. Readers will treasure this bilingual book about the transmission of musical heritage.
Listen to Vienna Rose read My Tatas Guitar to you. A marvelous example of the magical encounter between a child and books that we wish for all children.
School Library Journal : Kindergarten-Grade 2-A boy tells of finding an old guitar in his grandfather's garage. His tata sits down to play the instrument and tells him that it was given to him by his own grandfather years before. Providing glimpses at celebrations and family life, from romance to migrant work in the United States, the economical prose makes clear that in passing on the guitar, Tata is also passing along his heritage. Full-page pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations, though strong in line, are sometimes awkward in execution. The layout, with boxed English text above and Spanish text below, is attractive. The story reads aloud equally well in English and Spanish. Similar in its warm tone to Alma Flor Ada's I Love Saturdays y domingos (Atheneum, 2002), this is a serviceable tale of a loving intergenerational relationship.
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