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Suni PazAlma Flor AdaAuthor : Alma Flor Ada, Illustrator : Vivi Escriva, Translator : Bernice Randall, Musician : Suni Paz
Preschool - 2nd Grade

Una extrana visita
Strange Visitors

Del Sol Books, Get The Complete SetUna extrana visita, Softcover, Spanish, Book, Alma Flor Ada, Vivi Escriva, Bernice Randall, Preschool - 2nd Grade, 9781581051926, $7.95
Strange Visitors
, Softcover, English, Book,
Alma Flor Ada, Vivi Escriva, Bernice Randall, Preschool - 2nd Grade, 9781581051926, $7.95
Strange Visitors, Softcover, English, Big Book,
Alma Flor Ada, Vivi Escriva, Bernice Randall, Preschool - 2nd Grade, 9780882728032, $29.00
Libros para contar CD, Spanish, CD, Preschool - 2nd Grade, 9781603963466, $16.95   Listen
Stories for the Telling CD, English, CD,
Preschool - 2nd Grade, 9781603963473, $16.95   Listen

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Una extrana visita, Strange VisitorsEach day of the week a new set of visitors appears, bringing with them rhythm and joy. A wonderful book for choral reading and play acting. Children learn the days of the week as a game and become acquainted with different animals and musical instruments.

Authors Note : Writing this book was a pleasurable exercise. I wrote it specifically before a visit to a first grade class in Santa Barbara, California. I wanted to bring the children a model that they could use to create their own books.  It’s been a true satisfaction to see through the years how many other classes have used the book for the same purpose. And a joy to witness how many children know the text by heart and delight repeating it.

In this cumulative tale different animals appear each day of the week, each playing a different instrument until they all join in a wonderful Sunday jarana. The recording, done by a talented duo of a mother and her young daughter, presents the instruments in a joyful way that will facilitate that children learn to recognize their sound. The young listeners can join the daughter in her responses making the listening an interactive experience.

School Library Journal : About Stories for the Telling : A charming series, illustrated with watercolor and pen-and-ink drawings. The stories are told in a humorous style and are enhanced throughout by Ada's gift for language and poetry. El Canto del mosquito / The Song of the Teene Tiny Mosquito is the droll story of a frog who eats a mosquito and whose song then sounds like that of a mosquito. The frog is eaten by a fish, who then sings like a mosquito, etc. Una extraña vista / Strange Visitors is a humorous counting story of the days of the week in rhyme. Me gustaría  tener… / How Happy I Would Be… . . . lists the various things ``I would like to have . . .'' Again in a counting - book format, the desired items all turn out to be animals involved in unusual activities (e.g. two giraffes reading with glasses). ¿Quién nacerá aquí? / Who’s hatching Here?  ., in contrast to the others, is a science book. Rhyming riddles ask which animal will hatch from different eggs. The eggs are presented in their natural habitats; both illustrations and text hint at the answers.

Vienna RoseListen to Vienna Rose read Strange Visitors to you.  A marvelous example of the magical encounter between a child and books that we wish for all children.

Listen to a sample portion of Una extrana visita.

 

 

 

 

 


Una extrana visita, Strange Visitors

Una extrana visita - Strange Visitors

Una extrana visita - Strange Visitors


Libros para contar / Stories for the Telling Books and CD :
Amigos, FriendsEl canto del mosquito, The Song of the Teeny Tiny MosquitoMe gustaria tener, How Happy I Would BeQuien nacera aqui, Whos Hatching HereUna extrana visita, Strange Visitors

Cuentos para todo el ano / Stories the Year Round Books and CDs :
Rosa alada, A Rose with WingsLa sorpresa de Mama Coneja, A Surprise for Mother RabbitLa pinata vacia, The Empty PinataComo nacio el arco iris, How the Rainbow Came to BeDespues de la tormenta, After the StormLa hamaca de la vaca, In the Cows BackyardEl papalote, The KiteEl susto de los fantasmas, What Are Ghosts Afraid OfPavo para la cena de gracias  No gracias, Turkey forThanksgiving Dinner No ThanksLa jaula dorada, The Golden CageNo quiero derretirme, I Don't Want to MeltNo fui yo, It Wasn't Me

Bilingual Collection Green Books and CDs :
Canciones para el recreo, Alerta Sings Songs for the Playground
Daniel y su mascota - Daniels Pet, Del Sol BooksEl misterioso huevo de Daniel, Daniels Mystery EggGathering the SunLa lagartija y el sol, The Lizard and the SunMerry NavidadPio Peep

Alphabet Poetry Books and CDs :
Gathering the Sun
Abecedario de los animalesCoral y espuma abecedario del mar

Story Collection Green Books and CDs :
Atentamente ricitos de oro, Yours Truly GoldilocksCuentos que contaban nuestras abuelas, Tales Our Abuelitas ToldDaniel y su mascota - Daniels Pet, Del Sol BooksEl gallo que fue a la boda de su tio, The Rooster Who Went to His Uncles Wedding,El misterioso huevo de Daniel, Daniels Mystery EggEl reino de la geometriaEl Unicornio del Oeste - The Unicorn of the West, Del Sol BooksEncaje de piedraExtra ExtraGet Up RickJordis StarLa moneda de oro, The Gold CoinMe encantan los Saturdays y domingos, I Love Saturdays and SundaysMe llamo Maria Isabel, My Name is Maria IsabelMi Dia de A a la Z, My Day from A to ZQuerido Pedrin, Dear Peter RabbitRosa RaposaThe Malachite PalaceThe Three Golden OrangesWith Love Little Red HenUna semilla de luz


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Suni Paz : www.sunipaz.com