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El asombroso pez acuarela

El asombroso pez acuarela

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  • Bilingual
  • Hardback
  • Picture Book
Un solitario pez mascota anhela saber qué existe en el mundo más allá de su pecera. "Ojalá pudiera ver allá / Detrás de la pared, / Detrás de la silla". Se imagina un árbol gigante, una cabra lanuda y un mar púrpura. Se pregunta si podría haber alguien ahí fuera que se parezca a ella, así que se acerca al cristal y oye unos gritos como los de un pez. "¿Hola? ¿Hay alguien ahí?", oye. "¿Eres un pájaro? ¿Eres una abeja? ¿O eres un pez con aletas como yo?". Se da cuenta de que hay otro pez cerca y se llama Mike. Cuando Mike le pregunta cómo es su mundo, el asombroso pez acuarela tiene una gran idea. "¡Le mostraré a Mike lo que creo que podría ser!". Con acuarelas, pinta un mundo con árboles y arcoíris que giran. Cada día pinta más: "¡Pájaros que nadan, / barcos con alas, / y libros que hacen de todo!". Luego, Mike usa su pintura para ilustrar más "que solo el agua y la puerta". En este divertido libro ilustrado bilingüe, con una lírica traducción al español de la expoeta laureada de Texas, Carmen Tafolla, dos peces mascota imaginan un mundo hermoso y misterioso más allá de sus peceras. A los niños de 4 a 8 años les encantará seguir la progresión de las magníficas ilustraciones de Carolyn Dee Flores, del blanco y negro al color, a medida que los peces se hacen amigos. Los niños se inspirarán para imaginar, e incluso pintar o escribir sobre, un mundo más allá del que conocen.

English Translation

Amazing Watercolor Fish

A lonely pet fish longs to know what exists in the world beyond her bowl. “I wish I could see over there / Behind the wall, / Behind the chair.” She imagines a giant tree, a wooly goat and a purple sea.
She wonders if there could be someone out there who looks like her, so she leans close to the glass and hears some fish-like cries! “Hello? Is someone there?” she hears. “Are you a bird? / Are you a bee? Or are you a fish with fins like me?” She realizes there’s another fish close by and his name is Mike!
When Mike asks what her world is like, the amazing watercolor fish has a great idea. “I’ll show Mike what I think could be!” Using watercolors, she paints a picture of a world with trees and swirling rainbows. Every day she paints more, “birds that swim, / ships with wings, / and books that do all sorts of things!” Then Mike uses his paint to illustrate more “than just the water and the door.”
In this fun, bilingual picture book with a lyrical Spanish translation by former Texas Poet Laureate Carmen Tafolla, two pet fish imagine a beautiful, mysterious world beyond their bowls. Children ages 4-8 will love following the progression of Carolyn Dee Flores’ gorgeous illustrations from black and white to full color as the fish become friends. Kids will be inspired to imagine—and maybe even paint or write about—a world beyond the one they know.

Reading Levels

Ages:

  • <6

Grades:

  • Pre-K
  • Grade K
  • Grade 1

Book Details

Vendor: Piñata Books

Binding: Hardback

Type: Picture Book

Copyright: 2018

Publisher: Piñata Books

Genre: Short Story

Fiction or Non Fiction: Fiction

Subject: Friendship

Type of Spanish Book: Bilingual

Pages: 32

Author/Illustrator Details

Author: Carolyn Dee Flores
Author Origin: Mexico
Illustrator: Carmen Tafolla
IIlustrator Origin: Mexico

Weight/Dimensions

Dimensions: 8.5 x .25 x 11 (Inches)

Weight (Ounces):

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