Alicia and the Hurricane / Alicia Y El Huracn: A Story of Puerto Rico / Un Cuento de Puerto Rico
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Alicia and the Hurricane / Alicia Y El Huracn: A Story of Puerto Rico / Un Cuento de Puerto Rico

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Best Books of 2022, Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature
Best Children's Books of the Year in Spanish, Bank Street College of Education

Bestselling author Lesla Newman offers a tender and timely story of a Puerto Rican child facing a hurricane and her concern for the beloved coques of her home island.

La autora de bestsellers Lesla Newman ofrece un tierno y oportuno cuento de una nia puertorriquea que enfrenta un huracn y su preocupacin por los amados coques de su isla natal.

After snuggling into bed each night, Alicia listens for the big voices of the tiny coques that live all around Puerto Rico and sing her to sleep. Ko-kee, ko-kee, the little frogs call. Ko-kee, ko-kee.

One day a terrible hurricane comes to Puerto Rico, and Alicia and her family take refuge in a shelter. At bedtime Alicia hears grown-ups snoring and babies crying, wind howling and rain pounding. But even though she listens hard, she cannot hear the song of the coques. Are the little tree frogs safe? And what will Alicia and her family find at home when the storm is over?

Alicia and the Hurricane is a tender look at the resilience of people, and native creatures, whose lives have been disrupted by a natural disaster. With love and support, family and friends come together to share, rebuild, and fill Alicia's heart with hope. Ko-kee, ko-kee!

Despus de acurrucarse en la cama cada noche, Alicia escucha las formidables voces de los diminutos coques que viven en todo Puerto Rico y le cantan para que se duerma. Co-qu, co-qu cantan las ranitas. Co-qu, coqu.

Un da un terrible huracn viene a Puerto Rico y Alicia y su familia se cobijan en un refugio. A la hora de dormir, Alicia oye los ronquidos de los adultos y el llanto de los bebs, el aullido del viento y el golpetear de la lluvia. Pero a pesar de que escucha con atencin, no puede or el canto de los coques. Estarn a salvo las ranitas? Con qu se encontrarn Alicia y su familia cuando la tormenta haya terminado?

Alicia y el huracn es una mirada sensible a la tenacidad de la gente y otras criaturas de la naturaleza cuyas vidas son afectadas por un desastre natural. Con amor y apoyo, las familias y los amigos se renen para compartir, reconstruir y llenar el corazn de Alicia de esperanza. Co-qu, coqu!

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