El autor describe esta historia como quijotesca porque cree que est bien soar en grande incluso cuando otros ven tus sueos como tontos, poco prcticos o improbables.
Resumen: Una alentadora y divertida historia quijotesca bilinge presenta a un entraable pollito que, a pesar de todos los consejos en sentido contrario, est convencido de que puede volar. Cada pgina contiene narrativa en espaol a la izquierda y narrativa en ingls a la derecha y abunda en coloridas ilustraciones del pollito, su mam gallina y sus amigos de la granja, Don Gallo el gallo y Don Chango el pjaro negro. Po Po es un pequeo pjaro con grandes sueos: volar a lo alto de los rboles y comer de la deliciosa pana que all crece. A travs de un encuentro afortunado que lanza a Po Po al "vuelo", su sueo se hace realidad para la sorpresa y asombro de su familia y amigos y refuerza la creencia de que est bien "soar en grande" y que "nada es imposible".
Un glosario informativo de referencias histricas, culturales y lingsticas completa este slido libro.
El lenguaje utilizado es entretenido y memorable, lo que lo convierte en un gran recurso para quienes aprenden espaol o ingls.
Edad recomendada: 4-12 y ms
The author describes this story as quixotic because he believes it is ok to dream big even when others see your dreams as foolish, impractical or unlikely.
Summary: An encouraging and humorous bilingual quixotic story features an endearing young chick who, despite all advice to the contrary, is convinced he can fly. Each page spread contains Spanish narrative on left and English narrative on right and abounds in colorful illustrations of the little chick, his mother hen, and his neighborhood friends Don Gallo the rooster and Don Chango the blackbird. Po Po (Pea-Oh, Pea-Oh) is a small bird with big dreams to fly to the top of the trees and eat the delicious breadfruit growing there. Through a fortunate encounter that launches Po Po into "flight", his dream becomes a reality much to the surprise and amazement of his family and friends and reinforces the belief that it is okay to "dream big" and that "nothing is impossible".
An informative Glossary of historical, cultural, and linguistic references rounds out this robust book. The language used is entertaining and memorable, which makes this a great resource for those learning Spanish or English.
Recommended Age: 4-12, and beyond
BISAC Heading Suggestions:
JUV002040JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Birds
JUV002090JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Farm Animals
JUV008110JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Humorous
JUV009130JUVENILE FICTION / Concepts / Language
JUV050000JUVENILE FICTION / Cooking & Food
JUV074000JUVENILE FICTION / Diversity & Multicultural
JUV011030JUVENILE FICTION / Hispanic & Latino
JUV030040JUVENILE FICTION / Places / Caribbean & Latin America
JUV043000JUVENILE FICTION / Readers / Beginner
JUV039140JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
LC Subject Heading Suggestions:
Picture Books, Foods - Juvenile Fiction, Children's fiction; Juvenile fiction; Juvenile stories, Communities - Juvenile Fiction, Spanish Language Materials, Puerto Rico - Juvenile Fiction, Fruit - Juvenile Fiction, Wit and Humor - Juvenile Fiction, Persistence - Juvenile Fiction, Perseverance - Juvenile Fiction, Self-Esteem - Juvenile Fiction, Self-Reliance - Juvenile Fiction,
Self-efficacy - Juvenile Fiction, Birds - Puerto Rico, Don Quixote