Author : Diane Gonzales
Bertrand, Illustrator : Alejandro Galindo
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade
La fiesta para Papa Luis - The Party for Papa Luis
La fiesta para Papa Luis - The Party for Papa Luis, Hardcover, Bilingual, Book, Diane Gonzales Bertrand, Alejandro Galindo, Kindergarten - 3rd Grade, 9781558855328, $16.95
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Everybody loves a birthday party, and there's a lot to enjoy at Papa Luis' fiesta! The children excitedly count the candy that will fill the pinata. The nieces bring the candles for the birthday cake that Mama Marta baked. Family and friends begin to arrive, and soon, they surprise Papa Luis with his special celebration. Told in lively verse, this cumulative tale builds from one page to the next as popular children's book author Diane Gonzales Bertrand presents a charming look at a big family gathering that celebrates the patriarch's birthday. Like her previous award-winning book, The Empanadas that Abuela Made / Las empanadas que hacà a la abuela, Diane Gonzales Bertrand gives emerging readers another book that creates confidence and skills through repetition and sentence building. Accompanied by Alejandro Galindo's whimsical illustrations of big-eyed children and elderly family members dancing and enjoying each other, this fun-filled fiesta is sure to delight children ages 4-8. After reading this appealing bilingual story, kids will eagerly begin planning their own birthday parties.
School Library Journal : Kindergarten-Grade 3—Told in verse, this story shows how a family celebrates Papá Luis's very special birthday. It begins, "Ãësta es la fiesta para Papá Luis." Each page adds a new line to the story and a component of the party. From bringing out the piñata to the arrival of the guest of honor, each page describes everyone's contribution to the festivities. The children are in charge of the candy, Mamá Marta bakes the cake and the nieces place the candles on it, and friends and family dance the day away. The humorous illustrations of clowns, conga lines, and empanadas, and the boldly colored exaggerated cartoons of the relatives perfectly depict the party atmosphere and the joy felt by this family. Children will leave this book dreaming of parties.
Booklist : The author of The Last Doll (2000) offers here another bilingual (Spanish-English) picture book, modeled on “This is the House That Jack Built.” Papá Luis’ family is hard at work planning his birthday fiesta. Mamá Marta supervises the filling of the piñata, bakes a multilayer cake, and decorates it with sweets and candles. Family and friends surprise Papá with gifts, dancing, and a clown—who ends his performance by breaking the piñata. Galindo’s brightly colored mixed-media illustrations depict larger-than-life, Texas-style cartoon figures sporting oversized hairdos and facial features. His whimsical art includes many details of local color (including cowboy hats and Tex-Mex foods) and meshes nicely with Bertrand’s cumulative text. Pair with Simms Taback’s This Is the House That Jack Built (2002) to introduce children to the original verse. Grades K-2.
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