Soledad Sigh-Sighs: Soledad Suspiros (Bilingual English/Spanish)

by Rigoberto González (Author) Rosa Ibarra (Illustrator)

Soledad Sigh-Sighs: Soledad Suspiros (Bilingual English/Spanish)
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

A picture book about eight-year-old Soledad, a latchkey child whose friends come up with an imaginative solution to make Soledad feel less lonely when she gets home from school. Eight-year-old Soledad dreads coming home to her lonely house every day after school. She invents an imaginary sister to keep her company at first, but a much better solution emerges from the imagination and curiosity of two good friends from the neighborhood.Prize-winning poet and writer Rigoberto González has crafted a delicate and touching tale about a latchkey child's loneliness and her friends' lively ingenuity in dealing with this all too common concern. Artist Rosa Ibarra's lovely, thoughtful illustrations bring a New York neighborhood to life in warm pastel tones.

Un libro ilustrado sobre Soledad, una niña de ocho años cuyos amigos encuentran una solución imaginativa para que Soledad se sienta menos sola cuando llega a casa de la escuela. Soledad, de ocho años, teme volver a su solitaria casa todos los días después de la escuela. Al principio se inventa una hermana imaginaria para hacerle compañía, pero de la imaginación y la curiosidad de dos buenos amigos del barrio surge una solución mucho mejor. soledad y el vivo ingenio de sus amigas para hacer frente a esta preocupación demasiado común. Las encantadoras y reflexivas ilustraciones de la artista Rosa Ibarra dan vida a un barrio de Nueva York en cálidos tonos pastel.

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Rigoberto González

Rigoberto González was born in Bakersfield, California, and raised in Michoacán, Mexico. The son and grandson of migrant farmworkers, he is an award-winning poet and writer. Since completing his third university degree, he has worked mostly in New York and primarily with children and young adults as a dance instructor, daycare provider, literacy specialist, and creative writing teacher.

Cecilia Álvarez is a gifted fine artist. The daughter of a Mexican mother and a Cuban father, her artwork has been exhibited internationally and featured in a range of publications. Over the past decade, she has focused her creative energies on works of public art. Cecilia has two children and lives in Seattle, Washington, with her husband.

Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780892393091
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Children's Book Press (CA)
Publication date
May 01, 2014
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV039250 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
JUV011030 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic & Latino
Library of Congress categories
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