America: A Book of Opposites: Un Libro de Contrarios (Bilingual English/Spanish)

by W Nikola-Lisa (Author)

America: A Book of Opposites: Un Libro de Contrarios (Bilingual English/Spanish)
Reading Level: K − 1st Grade

This board book is a visual celebration of the diversity in America. America is made up of opposites: Our land boasts majestic high mountains and vast lowlands. America is also a land of contrasts: We are a rich nation, yet so many are poor. The America of this book, rendered with imagination and vision by 12 outstanding artists from diverse backgrounds, is the America that our children see around them. America: A Book of Opposites is a visual celebration of America and a challenge to our children to cherish it, because they will one day inherit it.

Este libro de cartón es una celebración visual de la diversidad en Estados Unidos. América está hecha de opuestos: nuestra tierra cuenta con majestuosas montañas altas y vastas tierras bajas. Estados Unidos también es una tierra de contrastes: somos una nación rica, pero muchos son pobres. La América de este libro, interpretada con imaginación y visión por 12 destacados artistas de diversos orígenes, es la América que nuestros hijos ven a su alrededor. America: A Book of Opposites es una celebración visual de Estados Unidos y un desafío para que nuestros hijos lo aprecien, porque algún día lo heredarán.

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Publishers Weekly

Youngsters can celebrate differences, read Spanish and learn opposites in America: A Book of Opposites/un libro de contrarios by W. Nikola-Lisa, with 10 different illustrators. Each double-page spread, representing a different "land" in the United States, illustrates a pair of opposites in both English and Spanish. For example, a boy makes a path of footprints on a beach in Hawaii between the words, "Hot land/ Tierra c lida." On the opposite page, a girl builds a snowman in Alaska between the words, "Cold land/ Tierra fr a." ( May) Copyright 2001 Publishers Weekly Used with permission.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781584300281
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Publication date
April 01, 2013
Series
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BISAC categories
JNF038100 - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States
JNF013050 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts | Opposites
Library of Congress categories
United States
Spanish language materials
Bilingual
Description and travel

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