El Viaje de Kalak (Spanish Edition)

by María Quintana Silva (Author) Marie-Noëlle Hébert (Illustrator)

El Viaje de Kalak (Spanish Edition)
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
En busca de un nuevo hogar donde sentirse protegidos y queridos, Kayak y su familia deciden marcharse y buscar suerte en otro lugar. Juntos vencerán las adversidades y encontrarán la felicidad tan anhelada. Kalak es una cigüeña que vive con su familia en un lugar donde los nidos son viejos, los techos están hechos polvo, la tierra está seca y nunca hay suficiente comida para todos. Un día, con en el corazón encogido por la nostalgia pero también lleno de esperanza, deciden dejar todo atrás y volar a otro lugar para empezar de cero... El viaje es duro y muy largo. El pequeño Kalak comienza a perder la esperanza y la fuerza después de días y días sobrevolando el océano, hasta que una tormenta lo separa del grupo. Cuando finalmente llega a una nueva tierra, herido y exhausto, con suerte Kalak encuentra a su familia y se reúne con ellos con alegría. Finalmente, las cigüeñas encuentran un nuevo hogar donde hay comida para todos y pueden sentirse queridos y protegidos.
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Kalak is a stork of the world, free to fly high and discover new horizons. An evocative read-aloud that is appropriate for early elementary students in a setting that invites discussion." —School Library Journal

A story about migration and survival with a universal theme. —Kirkus Reviews

María Quintana Silva

María Quintana Silva was born in Madrid (Spain) and after graduating in Audiovisual Communication she undertook a long journey across many countries. After a short period in Argentina, she moved to Italy, where she specialized in writing content for children and teenagers, subjecting her fate to the universe of fantasy. Her projects have been presented at several festivals and she has been selected twice as a finalist in short film script contests. During the last years she has worked in the field of translation and publishing. She speaks four languages and currently lives in Canada, where she enjoys creating and writing stories that help improve the world we live in.

The award-winning illustrator Silvia Álvarez was born in the tropical coastal city of La Ceiba, Honduras, by a Honduran father and a Spanish mother. At the age of seven she moved to Spain now living in Seville where she graduated in Fine Arts. She was awarded Gold Medal at the International Latino Book Awards for his artwork in Daisy (Cuento de luz, 2017).

Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9788416733439
Lexile Measure
600
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Cuento de Luz SL
Publication date
September 01, 2018
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV039050 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
JUV039250 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
JUV001010 - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure | Survival Stories
JUV039120 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
JUV002280 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Ducks, Geese, Etc.
Library of Congress categories
Birds
Picture books
Spanish language materials
Families
Family life
Emigration and immigration
Animal migration
JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Ducks, Geese, et
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions &
Storks
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration
Familia
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice
Cigeueanas
Animales - Migraciaon

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