Author : Ethriam Cash Brammer,
Illustrator : D. Nina Cruz
Preschool - 2nd Grade
Alla en el rancho grande - Rowdy Rowdy Ranch
Alla en el rancho grande - Rowdy Rowdy Ranch, Hardcover, Bilingual, Book, Ethriam Cash Brammer, D. Nina Cruz, Preschool - 2nd Grade, 9781558854093, $16.95
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Special Recognition, 2005 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People
A sparkling bilingual picture book that celebrates frolicking family fun
On El Rancho Grande, the grandchildren are not so interested in how Grandpa bought the ranch, but in what can be done on the ranch. The children play hide and seek in cornfields, under "the canopy of green leaves, golden threads and giant ears of corn." They feed the family horses, ride the rambunctious pigs, and take frolicking dips in the duck pond.
But through all of the outdoor escapades, their family stories are circling in the air, like the "sunflower wind" blooming around them. While drinking ice-cold lemonade in the sunshine, they hear about how Grandpa's song of sorrow that won him El Rancho. They hear about chickens that have abandoned their coops to live in Abuela's chicken tree, and they even discover a story about a boy who cried chocolate tears. In those days of running and jumping, the narrator, Tito, did not realize that he was hearing the stories that would wrap him up "like an enchanted sarape to keep me warm for the rest of [his] life."
In this lively bilingual picture book, readers aged 3 to 7 can experience the wonder of a bright summer day and learn that family stories that can be as magical as a "blanket of stars."
Listen to Vienna Rose read Rowdy Rowdy Ranch to you. A marvelous example of the magical encounter between a child and books that we wish for all children.
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