A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book2008
Rating: 4
$17.95
Endpapers: Turquoise with 9 white-rimmed alphabet cards.
What a great name - Yuyi. I wonder how you pronounce it.
Senor Calavera gets ready to go to Grandma Beetle's birthday party, then hops on his bike to get him there. On the way he meets up with Zelmiro the ghost, who reminds him that he has no gift. So he begins to accumulate gifts - alphabetically. Gifts in Spanish, great spanish words. "Dientes. Teeth for a good bite. Una Escalera. A ladder to reach p st the sky. Una Flauta. A flute he made from a branch. Granizado. A snow cone flavored with syrup." Page by page he picks up more gifts - gorgeously illustrated and colorful pages - until he gets to Grandmap Beetle's party. And we find out the Zelmire the ghost is none other than (da da!) Grandpa Zelmiro! The date on the wall is 7 Novembre. A beautifully illustrated Day of the Dead tie-in - and an alphabet book to boot!
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