• Binding Hardcover
  • 32 pages
  • Type Chapter Book

Sofi y el mágico mural musical

Sofi y el mágico mural musical

  • Ages Up to 8
  • Grades 1–2
  • Fiction or nonfiction Fiction
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Sofi y el mágico mural musical

Cuando Sofi camina por su barrio hacia la tienda local, siempre pasa por un enorme mural con imágenes de Puerto Rico: músicos, bailarines, flores tropicales y su menos favorito, un vejigante, un personaje de carnaval con una máscara aterradora. Un día, de camino a casa desde la tienda, se detiene frente al mural. ¿Acaso alguno de los bailarines la invita a ser su pareja? "Bueno, a bailar", dice Sofi entre risas, y de repente está en el Viejo San Juan, rodeada de bailarines y músicos tocando bongós, panderetas y giros. Empieza a bailar y cantar con sus nuevos amigos, pero su placer se convierte en miedo cuando el vejigante, con un suéter negro con flecos amarillos y una máscara roja de tres cuernos, la hace girar una y otra vez. ¿Qué quiere de ella? ¿Cómo podrá escapar? Esta historia sobre una niña imaginativa y un mural mágico es una exploración cautivadora de las tradiciones culturales de Puerto Rico, así como una oda al arte público y a la comunidad que representa.

English

Sofi and the Magic, Musical Mural

When Sofi walks through her barrio to the local store, she always passes a huge mural with images from Puerto Rico: musicians, dancers, tropical flowers and her least favorite a vejigante, a character from carnival that wears a scary mask. One day on her way home from the bodega, she stops in front of the mural. Is one of the dancers inviting her to be his partner? "Okay, let's dance," Sofi giggles, and suddenly she's in Old San Juan, surrounded by dancers and musicians playing bongos, tambourines and g iros. She begins to dance and sing with her new friends, but her pleasure turns to fear when the vejigante wearing a black jumper with yellow fringe and a red, three-horned mask spins her around and around! What does he want from her? How can she get away? This story about an imaginative girl and a magical mural is an engaging exploration of Puerto Rico's cultural traditions as well as an ode to public art and the community it depicts.

Details and credits

Author & illustrator Spanish book type, author and illustrator
Spanish book type
Bilingual
Author
Raquel M. Ortiz
Author origin
Puerto Rico
Illustrator
Maria Domínguez
Illustrator origin
Puerto Rico
Book details Type, binding, genre, fiction or nonfiction and more
Type
Chapter Book
Binding
Hardcover
Genre
Short Story
Fiction or nonfiction
Fiction
Subject
Latin American History and Culture
Pages
32
Dimensions
8.6 x .3 x 11 (Inches)
Reader fit Ages and grades
Ages
<6, 7, 8
Grades
Grade 1, Grade 2
Publication details ISBN, publisher and copyright
ISBN
9781558858039
Publisher
Arte Público Press
Copyright
2015